Simple and efficient computation of electromagnetic fields in arbitrarily shaped inhomogeneous dielectric bodies using transpose-free QMR and FFT

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 5 PART 1, 1998, Pages 553-558

  Wang, C F ^a   Jin, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Fast fourier transform; Inhomogeneous dielectric bodies; Transpose free quasi minimal residual algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VECTORS;

TRANSPOSE FREE QUASI MINIMAL RESIDUAL (TFQMR) ALGORITHM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032073013     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.668658     Document Type: Article

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