Aperture-radiated electromagnetic field synthesis in complex environments via narrow-waisted Gabor-discretized Gaussian beams

AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 84-99

  Felsen, Leopold B ^a,b   Galdi, Vincenzo ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forward scattering; Gabor discretization; Gaussian beams; Inverse scattering; Propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FORWARD SCATTERING; FREQUENCY TIME-HARMONIC; GABOR DISCRETIZATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; INVERSE SCATTERING;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0037590212     PISSN: 14348411     EISSN: 16180399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1434-8411-54100147     Document Type: Article

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