A parallel-grid-enabled variable-mesh FDTD approach for the analysis of slabs of double-negative metamaterials

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn 3 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 782-785

  Catarinucci, Luca ^a   Monti, Giuseppina ^a   Tarricone, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DOUBLE-NEGATIVE (DNG) SLABS; GRID COMPUTING; METAMATERIALS;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 33846884579     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2005.1552373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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