Experimental characterization of the effective propagation constant of dense random media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1454-1462

  Nashashibi, Adib ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DENSE RANDOM MEDIA; EFFECTIVE PROPAGATION CONSTANT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033351916     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.793326     Document Type: Article

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