Modal properties of surface and leaky waves propagating at arbitrary angles along a metal strip grating on a grounded slab

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 36-46

  Baccarelli, Paolo ^a   Burghignoli, Paolo ^a   Frezza, Fabrizio ^a   Galli, Alessandro ^a   Lampariello, Paolo ^a   Lovat, Giampiero ^a   Paulotto, Simone ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificially hard and soft surfaces; Leaky waves; Metal strip grating; Spectral domain approach; Surface waves; Unit cell

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES;

ARTIFICIALLY HARD-AND-SOFT SURFACES; LEAKY WAVES; METAL STRIP GRATING; SPECTRAL DOMAIN APPROACH; UNIT CELL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 13244275052     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.840529     Document Type: Article

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