Computation of electromagnetic fields inside strongly inhomogeneous objects by the weak-conjugate-gradient fast-fourier-transform method

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

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1414-1421

  Zwamborn, Peter ^a   Van Den Berg, Peter M ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICS;

DIELECTRIC OBJECTS; TE POLARIZATION; WEAK CONJUGATE GRADIENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0028407777     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.11.001414     Document Type: Article

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