An isotropy-improved nonstandard finite-difference time-domain method

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1935-1942

  Yang, Bo ^a   Balanis, Constantine A ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Isotropy; Nonstandard

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; ISOTROPY; NONSTANDARD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746893384     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.877185     Document Type: Article

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