Modified FDTD near-to-far-field transformation for improved backscattering calculation of strongly forward-scattering objects

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-38

  Li, Xu ^a,b   Taflove, Allen ^a,b   Backman, Vadim ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Near to far field (NTFF) transformation; Scattering

Indexed keywords

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; NEAR-TO-FAR-FIELD (NTFF) TRANSFORMATION; PLANE WAVES;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 23244460791     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2005.845038     Document Type: Article

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