Finite-difference and pseudospectral time-domain methods applied to backward-wave metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2955-2962

  Feise, Michael W ^a   Schneider, John B ^b   Bevelacqua, Peter J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward wave (BW) material; Double negative material; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Left handed material; Metamaterial; Pseudospectral time domain (PSTD) method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; Z TRANSFORMS;

BACKWARD WAVE MATERIAL; DOUBLE NEGATIVE MATERIAL; LEFT HANDED MATERIAL; METAMATERIAL; PSEUDOSPECTRAL TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 9744265777     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.835274     Document Type: Article

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