Modeling of diffraction of electromagnetic waves on periodic inhomogeneities by a finite element method coupled with the Rayleigh expansion

Optoelectronics, Instrumentation and Data Processing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-75

  Nesterenko, D V ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

diffraction; diffraction grating; finite element method; Rayleigh expansion

Indexed keywords

COUPLED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIELD VALUES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FREE SPACE; HALF-SPACE; INHOMOGENEITIES; MESH NODES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION; RAYLEIGH EXPANSION; VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EXPANSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 82055200314     PISSN: 87566990     EISSN: 19347944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S8756699011010109     Document Type: Article

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