Infinite Elements for the Analysis of Open Dielectric Waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1989, Pages 1724-1731

  McDougall, Marc J ^a   Webb, J P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES--PROPAGATION IN GUIDES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WAVEGUIDES, CIRCULAR; WAVEGUIDES, RECTANGULAR;

COUPLED-MODE ANALYSIS; OPEN DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE DISCONTINUITIES;

WAVEGUIDES, DIELECTRIC;

EID: 0024769714     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.41037     Document Type: Article

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