Parallel grid-enabled FDTD for the characterization of metamaterials

Advances in Information Technologies for Electromagnetics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 223-264

  Catarinucci, Luca ^a   Monti, Giuseppina ^a   Palazzari, Paolo ^b   Tarricone, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b ENEA HPCN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNG; Drude Model; FDTD; Metamaterials; Variable Mesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885777194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4749-5_8     Document Type: Chapter

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