FDTD simulation of TE and TM plane waves at nonzero incidence in arbitrary layered media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1721-1728

  Winton, Scott C ^a   Kosmas, Panagiotis ^b,c   Rappaport, Carey M ^b  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersive media; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Plane waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DISPERSIVE MEDIA; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); PLANE WAVE; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 19144369607     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.846719     Document Type: Article

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