Drift-diffusion: A model for teaching spatial-dispersion concepts and the importance of screening in nanoscale structures

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 198-207

  Hanson, G W ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

drift diffusion equation; electromagnetic analysis; electromagnetic propagation in nonhomogeneous media; electromagnetic propagation in plasma media; local and nonlocal homogenization; Metamaterials; spatial dispersion

Indexed keywords

DRIFTDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION IN NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION IN PLASMA MEDIA; NONLOCAL; SPATIAL DISPERSION;

DIFFUSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA;

EID: 78651345378     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2010.5687538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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