Dielectric and geometric dependence of electric field and power distribution in a waveguide heterogeneously filled with lossy dielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1154-1161

  Outifa, Lhoussain ^a   Delmotte, Michel ^a   Jullien, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROWAVE PROCESSING; POWER DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 0031207199     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618402     Document Type: Article

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