Modeling of transverse propagation through a uniaxial bianisotropic medium using the finite-difference time-domain technique

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3273-3279

  Akyurtlu, Alkim ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bianisotropic (BA) media; Chiral media; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIANISOTROPIC (BA) MEDIA; CHIRAL MEDIA; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 11144330683     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.836442     Document Type: Article

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