A Frequency-Dependent Finite-Difference Time-Domain Formulation for General Dispersive Media

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 658-665

  Gandhi, Om P ^a   Gao, Ben Qing ^a   Chen, Jin Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GENERAL DISPERSIVE MEDIA; HUMAN BODY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0027578887     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.231661     Document Type: Article

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