Analysis of discontinuities in double-negative (DNG) slab waveguides

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 483-488

  Dong, Hao ^a   Wu, Thomas X ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous dispersion; Discontinuity; Double negative (DNG) waveguide

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; VECTORS;

DISCONTINUITY STRUCTURE; DOUBLE-NEGATIVE SLAB WAVEGUIDES; MODE-MATCHING METHOD; POYNTING VECTOR;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0344896575     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11254     Document Type: Article

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