A Frequency-Dependent Finite-Difference Time-Domain Formulation for Transient Propagation in Plasma

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 29-34

  Luebbers, Raymond J ^a   Hunsberger, Forrest ^a   Kunz, Karl S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PLASMAS--WAVE-PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHODS; ISOTROPIC PLASMA SLAB; TRANSIENT PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0026021601     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.64431     Document Type: Article

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