Pitfalls in the determination of optical cross sections from surface integral equation simulations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2158-2161

  Kern, Andreas M ^a   Martin, Olivier J F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorbing media; Boundary element methods; Integral equations; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MEDIA; CROSS SECTION; MODELING RESULTS; OPTICAL CROSS SECTIONS; PLASMONICS; POST PROCESSING; SIMULATION RESULT; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77953115013     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2046870     Document Type: Article

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