Electromagnetic boundary conditions defined in terms of normal field components

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1128-1135

  Lindell, Ismo V ^a   Sihvola, Ari H ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Electromagnetic theory; Metamaterials

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SURFACES; COORDINATE FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; FIELD COMPONENTS; NORMAL COMPONENT; NORMAL DERIVATIVES; PLANAR BOUNDARIES; PLANAR SURFACE; PLANE WAVE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; METAMATERIALS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 77950835303     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2041149     Document Type: Article

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