Numerical simulation of the power density distribution generated in a multimode cavity by using the method of lines technique to solve directly for the electric field

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 12 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2185-2194

  Zhao, Huawei ^a   Turner, Lan ^a   Liu, Fa Wang ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOD OF LINES; MULTIMODE CAVITY; POWER DENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0030397690     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.556446     Document Type: Article

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