Solving inverse electromagnetic problems using FDTD and gradient-based minimization

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 650-673

  Abenius, Erik ^a   Strand, Bo ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAAB AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjoint; Electromagnetic; FDTD; Inverse; Minimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ADJOINT FORMULATION; INVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; SCATTERED FIELD;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745725229     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1731     Document Type: Article

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