Band-gap structure of spectra of periodic dielectric and acoustic media. I. Scalar model

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-88

  Figotin, Alex ^a   Kuchment, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap structure of the spectrum; Periodic acoustic media; Periodic dielectrics; Propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

PERIODIC ACOUSTIC MEDIA; PERIODIC DIELECTRICS; POSITION DEPENDENT PERIODIC FUNCTION;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 0030084557     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139994263859     Document Type: Article

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