Numerical study of a Gaussian beam propagating in media with negative permittivity and permeability by using a bidirectional beam propagation method

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Lu, Jun ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bidirectional BPM; Gaussian beam; Left handed material; Negative permeability; Negative permittivity

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

BIDIRECTIONAL BEAM PROPAGATION; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; GAUSSIAN BEAM; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038415899     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10898     Document Type: Article

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