Scattering from complex three-dimensional geometries by a curvilinear hybrid finite-element-integral equation approach

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1445-1457

  Antilla, G E ^a   Alexopoulos, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CURVED GEOMETRIES; CURVILINEAR COORDINATES; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT INTEGRAL EQUATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0028407765     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.11.001445     Document Type: Article

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