Appropriate formulation of the characteristic equation for open nonreciprocal layered waveguides with different upper and lower half-spaces

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1613-1622

  Rodríguez Berral, Raúl ^a   Mesa, Francisco ^a   Medina, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaky waves; Nonreciprocal wave propagation; Planar waveguides; Root loci

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FERRITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MODAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ROOT LOCI;

LEAKY WAVES; NONRECIPROCAL WAVE PROPAGATION; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; WAVENUMBERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 19544373644     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.847051     Document Type: Article

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