A fast combined field volume integral equation solution to EM scattering by 3-D dielectric objects of arbitrary permittivity and permeability

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 961-969

  Nie, Xiao Chun ^a   Yuan, Ning ^a   Li, Le Wei ^a   Gan, Yeow Beng ^a   Yeo, Tat Soon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Combined field volume integral equation (CFVIE); Electromagnetic scattering; Magnetic material; Method of moments (MoM); Precorrected FFT (P FFT) method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; VECTORS;

COMBINED FIELD VOLUME INTEGRAL EQUATION; PRECORRECTED-FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SCATTERERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33644917963     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.869927     Document Type: Article

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