Diffraction by a lossy double-negative metamaterial layer: A uniform asymptotic solution

Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages 173-180

  Gennarelli, G ^a   Riccio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; METAMATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

A-PLANE; COMMERCIAL SOLVERS; DOUBLE NEGATIVE METAMATERIALS; NUMERICAL TESTS; TRANSITION FUNCTIONS; UNIFORM ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; UNIFORM GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78651569761     PISSN: 19376480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERL10030906     Document Type: Article

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