On the FDTD near-to-far-field transformations for weakly scattering objects

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2794-2795

  Martin, Torleif ^a  

^a SAAB AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; near to far field (NTFF) transformation; scattering

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; FAR-FIELD; NEAR-TO-FAR-FIELD (NTFF) TRANSFORMATION; SCATTERING OBJECTS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

SCATTERING;

EID: 77955437619     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2050454     Document Type: Article

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