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Thanks guys! The reason I ask, is because I have an idea for how to make an antenna that could absorb ultraviolet radiation, or infrared radiation, and I'm thinking that if I could simply increase the amount of power in the antenna, I could increase the range, which would absorb more power, which would give me more power to send out to absorb more power and so forth and so on. Hopefully, I could sell electricity for a living, and just work on antennas while I finish up becoming an electrical engineer. Again, Thanks a million!

Does the strength of the electromagnetic field that an antenna emits control how far it can recieve radiation from? Furthermore, are there limits on the range that an antenna can recieve from if you increase the magnetic field? If you were to increase the amount of power in an antenna, 100 fold, for the purposes of recieving radiation, would you be able to absorb radiation, 100 times farther? Is there a maximum amount of power you could put in an antenna, where once you reach a limit, you can no longer get any farther range? Please respond. Thanks!

This may be a dumb question, but... I read on a website(I've since lost the website address) that if you increase the current frequency(what I mean is, the frequency of the current going into an electrical appliance) then you can increase the range of a an antenna to receive radiation at it's specific resonance frequency. That you can increase the distance at which the antenna receives radiation, so that the antenna can cover a larger area. Also, just wondering, but does the amount of power you put into an antenna to receive energy increase the total range like it does with the transmission of radiation? I don't have any antenna theory textbooks as I'm still just a junior. Please message me back!

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What I want to do is emit radiation at extremely high frequencies, far into the gamma ray region, for research purposes and industrial purposes. So what I'm thinking about is making an antenna and using an extremely low(and I mean extremely, extremely low) capacitance capacitor. In theory it should increase the frequency of my antenna directly proportional to how low the capacitance is. So the problem I'm thinking about is this: if I decrease the capacitance low enough that the frequency is greater than the number of electrons traveling through my antenna, would it simply stop? I mean, if the frequency is high enough, greater than the number of electrons traveling through the antenna, would it simply not transmit anything at all? Or would the electrons individually carry their own oscillating electromagnetic field? I'm afraid there might be a limitation on this approach towards the maximum possible frequency. I'm hoping there isn't because if there isn't I could potentially emit radiation high enough to create particles like the Higgs boson, and Z boson, and other particles, and that could be potentially extremely valuable for the purposes of both research, and possible industrial applications(such as warp drive, due to the control of gravity via the paired production of Higgs bosons used for creating a compressed piece of spacetime in front, and expanded form of spacetime in back. Aclubierre drive.) If this doesn't work I'll have to figure out another approach towards generating high frequency radiation.

I have an idea on how to create a capacitor with as much capacitance, or as little capacitance as I want. This means I could possibly make an antenna that could go up to whatever frequency I want. But, I want to know, if I increase the frequency of my antenna by using an ultra low capacitance capacitor, if the frequency is high enough will I suffer from progressive loss in efficiency? Will the resistance of a high frequency current, the electrical impedance apply in this case? My professor said that they have problems with microwave ovens, and their frequencies are in the Mhz region. But I have heard of infrared antennas existing and being used in commercial applications. So I'm wondering if I can make an antenna that will get me to the frequency I want(which is much higher than the visible spectrum). Please post a response if you guys have anything knowledge concerning this field, thanks!