Electromagnetic concentrators with arbitrary geometries based on Laplace's equation

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1994-1998

  Yang, Chengfu ^a,b   Yang, Jingjing ^a,b   Huang, Ming ^a   Peng, Jinhui ^b   Niu, Wenwei ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARBITRARY GEOMETRY; CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STRETCHING REGION;

LAPLACE EQUATION;

EID: 77957282532     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.001994     Document Type: Article

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