Three-dimensional diffraction by infinite conducting and dielectric wedges using a generalized total-field/scattered-field FDTD formulation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1444-1454

  Chang, Jiuan Her ^a   Taflove, Allen ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Wedges

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC WEDGES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 18844457360     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.846359     Document Type: Article

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