High-Frequency Diffraction of a Line-Source Field by a Half-Plane: Solutions by Ray Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1977, Pages 171-179

  Boersma, Johannes ^a   Lee, Shung Wu L ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0017468834     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1977.1141560     Document Type: Article

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