A numerical technique for computing the values of plane wave scattering coefficients of a general scatterer

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3868-3881

  Roy, Jasmin E ^a  

^a Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross polarization; FDTD methods; Gaussian beams; Near field far field transformation; Scattering parameters

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE TEST; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DOMINANT POLARIZATION; FDTD METHOD; FDTD METHODS; FDTD SIMULATIONS; IMPROVED SCHEME; LOSSY MEDIA; NEAR-FIELD FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATION; NUMERICAL ANISOTROPY; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PLANE-WAVE SCATTERING; SCATTERED FIELD;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SCIENCE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); POLARIZATION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 72649090923     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2026919     Document Type: Article

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