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The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Arbitrary Structures
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, Vol. 02, 287-373, 1990
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Allen Taflove, "The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Arbitrary Structures," , Vol. 02, 287-373, 1990.
doi:10.2528/PIER89010800
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