FDTD analysis of wave propagation in nonlinear absorbing and gain media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 334-340

  Nagra, Amit S ^a   York, Robert A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Fdtd methods; Nonlinear wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032024232     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.662652     Document Type: Article

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