Asymptotic Transition Region Theory for Edge Diffraction, Part I: Tracing Transition Regions Via Reflectors

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 1350-1358

  Kildal, Per Simon ^a   Stamnes, Jakob J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS--APPLICATIONS; OPTICS--GEOMETRICAL;

ASYMPTOTIC TRANSITION REGION THEORY; EDGE DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS FIELD; MULTIREFLECTOR ANTENNAS; TRANSITION REGION; UNIFORM GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0025490970     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.56984     Document Type: Article

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