Surface integral equation formulation for the analysis of left-handed metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15876-15886

  Rivero, J ^a   Taboada, J M ^a   Landesa, L ^a   Obelleiro, F ^b   Garcia Tunon I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL; NUMERICAL DISCRETIZATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PIECE-WISE; RADIATION CONDITION; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 77954901755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015876     Document Type: Article

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