Accurate solution of the volume integral equation for high-permittivity scatterers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1719-1726

  Kottmann, Jörg P ^a   Martin, Olivier J F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY;

GREEN TENSORS; HIGH PERMITTIVITY SCATTERERS; PLASMONS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; VOLUME INTEGRAL EQUATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0034313131     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.900229     Document Type: Article

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