Edge-excited rays on convex and concave structures: A review

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 34-46

  Molinet, Frédéric A ^a  

^a Centre D'Affaires la Boursidière   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic solutions; Creeping waves; Diffracted rays; Edge diffraction; Electromagnetic diffraction; Geometrical theory of diffraction; Ray tracing; Reviews; Whispering gallery waves

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING;

CREEPING WAVES; DIFFRACTED RAYS; EDGE DIFFRACTION; WHISPERING GALLERY WAVES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 26844521175     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2005.1599164     Document Type: Review

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