The BCGS-FFT method for electromagnetic scattering from inhomogeneous objects in a planarly layered medium

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 77-80

  Xu, Xue Min ^b   Liu, Qing H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biconjugate gradient fast Fourier transform (BCGS FFT) method; Inhomogeneous objects; Layered medium; Scattering; Volume integral equations

Indexed keywords

BICONJUGATE GRADIENT FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM (BCGS-FFT) METHOD; INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS; LAYERED MEDIUM; VOLUME INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0141689166     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2002.802549     Document Type: Article

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