A frequency-domain near-field-to-far-field transform for planar layered media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1878-1885

  Capoglu, Ilker R ^a   Taflove, Allen ^a   Backman, Vadim ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD methods; finite difference methods; finite element methods; near field far field transformation

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (FEM); FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HALF SPACES; MULTILAYERED SPACE; NEAR-FIELD FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; OBSERVATION ANGLE; PLANAR LAYERED MEDIA; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTOR SPACES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84859798278     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2186253     Document Type: Article

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