An improved near- to far-zone transformation for the finite-difference time-domain method

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1263-1271

  Martin, Torleif ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fdtd methods

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERPOLATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

NEAR- TO FAR-ZONE TRANSFORMATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032167133     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.719968     Document Type: Article

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