Fast algorithm for the analysis of scattering by dielectric rough surfaces

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1877-1885

  Jandhyala, Vikram ^a,b   Shanker, Balasubramaniam ^a   Michielssen, Eric ^a   Chew, Weng C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b ANSOFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DIELECTRIC ROUGH SURFACES; SOMMERFIELD STEEPEST DESCENT PATH INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0032123988     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.001877     Document Type: Article

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