Dynamical evolution of the Brillouin precursor in Rocard-Powles-Debye model dielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1582-1590

  Oughstun, Kurt Edmund ^a  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic propagation in absorbing media; Electromagnetic propagation in dispersive media; Electromagnetic transient propagation; Ultrawideband radar

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

BRILLOUIN PRECURSOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT PROPAGATION; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; ULTRAWIDEBAND RADAR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 19144371449     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.846452     Document Type: Article

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