Generalized Transmission Line Equations for Bianisotropic Materials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3134-3141

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

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex media; Conformal structures; Transmission line equations

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BIANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; CONFORMAL STRUCTURES; METRIC FACTORS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0242612029     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.818772     Document Type: Article

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