Investigation of dipole radiation pattern above a chiral media using 3D BI-FDTD approach

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-86

  Kalaee, P ^a   Rashed Mohassel, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CHIRAL MEDIA; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED WAVES; DIPOLE RADIATIONS; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; HALF-SPACE; INDEPENDENT SET; RADIATION PATTERNS; THREE DIMENSIONS; WAVEFIELDS;

ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 66149095381     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939309787604706     Document Type: Article

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