Measured and predicted behavior of pulses in Debye- and Lorentz-type materials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 310-314

  Roberts, Thomas M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic propagation in dispersive media; Microwave measurements; Phase distortion; Pulse analysis; Pulse measurements

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COAXIAL CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; WATER;

DEBYE MODEL; LORENTZ MODEL; PHASE DISTORTION; PULSE ANALYSIS; PULSE MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 1542315972     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.822414     Document Type: Article

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