A comprehensive study of discontinuities in chirowaveguides

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2320-2330

  Wu, Thomas X ^a,b   Jaggard, Dwight L ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral material; Chirowaveguide; Coupled mode method; Discontinuity

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL MATERIAL; CHIROWAVEGUIDES; COAXIAL WAVEGUIDES; COUPLED MODE METHOD; DISCONTINUITY; METALLIC WAVEGUIDES; MODE MATCHING METHOD;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0036772230     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.803426     Document Type: Article

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