Design of a special dielectric lens for concentrating a subnanosecond electromagnetic pulse on a biological target

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1364-1375

  Altunc, Serhat ^a   Baum, Carl E ^a   Buchenauer, C Jerald ^a   Christodoulou, Christos G ^a   Schamiloglu, Edl ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic lens; Impulse radiating antenna; Prolate spheroid; Subnanosecond electromagnetic pulse

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DESIGN; BIOLOGICAL TARGETS; DIELECTRIC LENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LENS; FOCAL POINTS; IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNA; IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNAS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PROLATE SPHEROID; SKIN CANCERS; SPOT SIZES; SUBNANOSECOND; SUBNANOSECOND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; MAGNETIC LENSES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 70449581013     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.5293950     Document Type: Article

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