A technique for approximating the location of surface- and leaky-wave poles for a lossy dielectric slab

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Neve, Michael J ^a,b,c   Paknys, Robert ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dielectric waveguides; Electromagnetic surface waves; Leaky waves

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC SLABS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE WAVES; LEAKY WAVES; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR (PEC); PERFECT MAGNETIC CONDUCTOR (PMC);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ENERGY GAP; OPTIMIZATION;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 33947143696     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.861530     Document Type: Article

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