A hemispherical Luneberg dielectric lens including a hemispherical center
layer having a hemispherical outer surface, and a plurality of
hemispherical dome-shaped layers each having concentric hemispherical
inner and outer surfaces, the outer surfaces of the center layer and
dome-shaped layers having different diameters and the inner surfaces of
said dome-shaped layers having different diameters. The center layer and
dome-shaped layers are successively concentrically fitted into one
another and integrated into a hemispherical shape. The center layer is a
foam molding of ceramic-containing thermoplastic resin expanded beads,
while each of said dome-shaped layers is a foam molding of thermoplastic
resin expanded beads containing 0 to 80% by weight of a ceramic. The
ceramic content per unit volume of the center and dome-shaped layers
decreases from the center layer to the outermost dome-shaped layer, and
the standard deviation of the apparent density of each of the center and
dome-shaped layers is 0.07 g/cm3 or lower.