On the use of the geometric mean in FDTD near-to-far-field transformations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 11 II, 2007, Pages 3204-3211

  Robinson, Dirk J ^a   Schneider, John B ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete Fourier transforms; Finite difference methods; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Harmonic analysis; Magnetic fields; Time domain analysis; Time frequency analysis; Transforms

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

INTEGRATION BOUNDARY; NEAR-TO-FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATIONS; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 36849043600     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.908795     Document Type: Article

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