Comparison of wave propagation studies in plasmas using three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain and ray-tracing methods

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Chaudhury, Bhaskar ^a   Chaturvedi, Shashank ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RAY TRACING; REFRACTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD); FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTH; POWER-FLOW TRAJECTORIES; UNMAGNETIZED PLASMA;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33846043450     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397582     Document Type: Article

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