Forward propagation in a half-space with an irregular boundary

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1340-1347

  Rino, Charles L ^a   Ngo, Hoc D ^b  

^a Vista Research Inc   (United States)

^b MAXTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonhomogeneous media; Propagation; Rough surfaces

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PARABOLIC WAVE EQUATION; WEAKLY INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031232779     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.623122     Document Type: Article

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