Electromagnetic excitation of a thin wire: A traveling-wave approach

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1202-1211

  Bogerd, Johan C ^a   Tijhuis, Anton G ^a   Klaasen, J J A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic scattering, linear antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WIRE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC EXCITATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032142078     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.718576     Document Type: Article

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