Extended method of line procedure for the analysis of microwave components with bianisotropic inhomogeneous media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1582-1589

  Alù, Andrea ^a   Bilotti, Filiberto ^a   Vegni, Lucio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bianisotropic materials; Chiral materials; Method of line (MoL); Microwave components

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC LINES; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; RESONATORS;

CHIRAL MATERIALS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0042164488     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.813595     Document Type: Article

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