Efficient modal analysis of bianisotropic waveguides by the coupled mode method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-116

  Pitarch, Jaime ^b   Catalá Civera, José M ^a,b   Peñaranda Foix, Felipe L ^a,b   Solano, Miguel A ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coupled mode analysis; Nonhomogeneous media; Scattering matrices; Waveguide discontinuities

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERRITES; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

COUPLED MODE ANALYSIS; NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; SCATTERING MATRICES; WAVEGUIDE DISCONTINUITIES;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 33846579188     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.888576     Document Type: Article

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