Focusing of electromagnetic waves into a dielectric slab: I. Exact and asymptotic results

Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-52

  Dhayalan, Velauthapillai ^a   Stamnes, Jakob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC SLAB; TIME HARMONIC APERTURE CURRENT;

FOCUSING;

EID: 0031646764     PISSN: 09639659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-9659/7/1/008     Document Type: Article

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