Comparison of the Maxwell and Boltzmann theory for multilayered dielectric random media

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Menon, S ^a   Su, Q ^a   Grobe, R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BOLTZMAN THEORY; TRANSFER MATRIX; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 41349100644     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.051917     Document Type: Article

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