Mode Coupling in Coaxial Waveguides with Varying-Radius Center and Outer Conductors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 582-591

  Shafii, Jamal ^a   Vernon, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMITTIVITY; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

COAXIAL WAVEGUIDES; COUPLED MODE EQUATIONS; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; FIRST ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MODE COUPLING;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0029272287     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.372104     Document Type: Article

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