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March 2 8 - 3 1 , 2004Pisa, ITALY

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Opening SessionChallenge, Successes and Future Directions in Industrial Applications of Computational

Electromagnetics i

A Roadmap for Electromagnetic Simulation Tools from a Consumer-Electronics Industry PerspectiveP. Beeckman (Philips Electronics EMC Center) iii

Numerical Analysis as an Important Stage of EMC Design of Mobile PhonesDr. S. Yuferev (Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd) ix

FDTD Simulations for Negative Index of Refraction Materials for RF and Radar Applications xiiDr. C. Parazzoli (Boeing Space and Communication Group)

Session 1Electromagnetic Modeling for ULSI Interconnect and Package Design l

Overview of Recent Progress in the Partial Element Equivalent Circuit (PEEC) ApproachA. E. Ruehli (IBM Research Division, USA); G. Antonini (University ofL 'Aquila, Italy) 2

Field solver based signal integrity predictions for RF-boards, packages and connectorsD. De Zutter (Ghent University, Belgium) 3

Fast Full Wave Simulation of Interconnects based on FIT and Model Order ReductionT. Wittig , R. Schuhmann, T. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 4

Preserving Passivity and Causality in Transmission Lines MacromodelsN. Nakhla, A. Dounavis, R. Achar, M. Nakhla (Carleton University, Canada) 5

Modeling of On-Chip Power Distribution Networks for Gigascale IntegrationM. Swaminathan, J. Mao (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 6

A Parallel FFT-Accelerated Transient Field-Circuit SimulatorA. E. Yilmaz, J.-M. Jin, E. Michielssen (University of Illinois, USA) 7

Session 33Computer Aided System Design: Theory and Applications 8

Development of Array Antennas Using 3D-EM-Field Simulators and Network Calculation ProgramsE. Arnold (EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany) 9

Advanced EM Simulators for Time and Frequency DomainT. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 10

Modelling of Integrated Antenna - Scatterer Configurations by Hybrid Finite Element - Boundary Integral- Multilevel Fast Multipole MethodsT.F. Eibert (FGAN-FHR, Germany) 11

FIT-based extension of FDTD to arbitrary 2D dual gridsL. Codecasa, V. Minerva, M. Politi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) 12

FE modelling for applications based on electromagnetic energy conversion principlesK. Hameyer (IEM- RWTH-Aachen, Germany); F. Henrotte (ELECTA - ESAT- KULeuven, Belgium) 13

Methods and Challenges in the Electromagentic Design of Superconducting Accelerator MagnetsS. Russenschuck (CERN, Switzerland) 14

Design Study of 3D FDTD/FIT Dedicated Computer on FPGAH. Kawaguchi, S. Matsuoka (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan) 15

Metrological and Transient Analysis of Combined Instrument Transformer Coupled with FEM-3DMagnetic Field StudyM. Cundeva, L. Arsov (Ss. Cyril & Methodius University, Macedonia) 16

Wideband circuit extraction for complex multiport interconnectsS. Grivet-Talocia, F. Canavero (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); T. Gneiting (AdMOS GmbH, Germany); E. Klink, R.Freeh (IBM, Germany) 17

Time Domain Numerical Simulation Method Based on EFIE and MFIE for Axis-Symmetric StructureObjectsH. Kawaguchi, K. Fujita (Muroran Institute of Technology Japan) 18

FEST3D a multimode CAD tool for passive mm-wave and microwave circuit modelling.B. Casali (IDS S.p.A., Pisa, Italy); M. Ghilardi, (ITLink S.r.L, Italy); J. Gil Raga (IDS S.p.A., Italy) 19

Session 26 aNovel Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetics 20

Integral equation approach to reflection and transmission of a plane TE-wave at a (linear, nonlinear,absorbing) dielectric film with spatially varying permittivityV. S. Serov (University ofOulu, Finland); H. W. Schurmann, E. D. Svetogorova (University ofOsnabruck,Germany) 21

A modified Jacoby method for solving linear operator equations and its efficient applications in theelectromagnetic scattering problemsA. B. Samokhin (Moscow Institute of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Automation, Russia); N. V. Budko (DelftUniversity of Technology, The Netherlands) 22

3D Interpolation Using Cellular Neural NetworksC. Grava, A. Gacsadi, C. Gordan, T. Maghiar, A. Grava, R. Reiz (University ofOradea, Romania) 23

Mathematical modelling of electromagnetic wave interaction with a thin penetrable defectZ. Nazarchuk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine) 24

Spectrum of the volume integral operator of electromagnetic scatteringN. V. Budko (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); A. B. Samokhin (Moscow Institute of RadioEngineering, Electronics and Automatics, Russia) 25

Weierstrass' solutions to certain nonlinear wave and evolution equationsH. W. Schuermann (University of Osnabrueck, Germany); V. S. Serov (University ofOulu, Finland) 26

Using Neural Networks for the Calculation of the Multilayered Shielded Green's FunctionsP. Vera-Castejon, F. D. Quesada-Pereira, D. Cafiete Rebenaque, A. Alvarez-Melcon (Technical University ofCartagena Spain) 27

Propagation of TE-Waves in a Nonlinear Dielectric WaveguideY. Smimov (Penza State University, Russia); H. W. Schurmann (University ofOsnabruck, Germany); Y.Shestopalov (Karlstad University, Sweden) 28

Diffraction by a Set of Three Paralel Half-Planes with the One Amidst Located in the Opposite DirectionA. Buyukaksoy, G. Cinar (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey) 29

EM Simulation of Wave Radiation by Ceramic Patch Antennas on Finite-Periodic SubstratesA. S. Andrenko (Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Japan) 30

Surface-Propagating Modes in Truncated Arrays of Minimum Scattering Dipoles: A Wiener-HopfApproachM. Albani (University of Messina, Italy); F. Capolino (University of Siena, Italy) 31

Wiener-Hopf Analysis of Patch Antennas Printed on Anisotropic SubstratesG. A. Kyriacou (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) 32

Analysis of Scattering and Radiation from Rectangular Objects by the KP methodH. Serizawa (Numazu College of Technology, Japan); K. Hongo (Toho University, Japan) 33

Wiener-Hopf Analysis of the Electromagnetic Waves Radiation from a Circular Waveguide Cavity: VectorDiffraction ProblemD. B. Kuryliak, Z. T. Nazarchuk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine); K. Kobayashi (ChuoUniversity, Japan); S. Koshikawa (Antenna Giken Co., Ltd. Japan) 34

Rigorous Techniques for Solution of Wave Diffraction Problems by Canonical Screens. Field PatternAnalysisD. B. Kuryliak, Z. T. Nazarchuk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine); K. Kobayashi (ChuoUniversity, Japan); S. Koshikawa (Antenna Giken Co. Ltd., Japan) 35

Session 2 aNumerical Methods for Antenna Analysis 36

Spheroidal Dielectric Resonator AntennasM. S. Abrishamian, F. Ashkaboosi (K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran) 37

Efficient Analysis and Optimization of Planar Periodic StructuresM. Bozzi, L. Perregrini, G. Conciauro (University ofPavia, Italy) 38

The modelling of "local details" in the field distribution and their impact on the global economy of thesolutionI. E. Lager, C. I. Coman (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) 39

Finite Element and Spherical-modal-based Analysis of Finite Arrays on an Infinite Ground PlaneJ. Rubio (Universidad de Extremadura, Spain); M. A. Gonzalez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); J.Zapata (UniversidadPolitecnica de Madrid, Spain) 40

Optimization of Decoupling Between Two Collinear Monopole Antennas Separated by a Space FilterM. Bibas, N. K. Uzunoglu (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) 41

Microstrip-Fed E-Shaped patch Antennas for 5-6 GHz WLAN SystemsY. Ge, K. P. Esselle (Macquarie University, Australia); T. S. Bird (CSIRO Telecommunications & IndustrialPhysics, Australia) 42

Multiband Novel Diversity Monopole Antenna Printed on a PCMCIA CardE. S. Angelopoulos, D. I. Kaklamani (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); A. H. Janssen (Fb E&l,Germany); S. G. Vassiliadis (Thn. Ed. Inst. ofPireaus, Greece) 43

Truncation analysis of dual-polarized broadband arraysC. Craeye (Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium) 44

The design of broadband PIFA by using the coupling between Genetic Algorithms and the TransmissionLine Matrix methodH. S. Chu, J.-L. Dubard (Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France) 45

Efficient Hybrid method for the Analysis of Radial-Line Slot Arrays Loaded with Parasitic StripsJ. I. Herranz-Herruzo, A. Valero-Nogueira, M. Ferrando-Bataller (UniversidadPolitecnica de Valencia, Spain) 46

Resonant Frequencies of Circular and Ring Patch Antennas Printed on Partially Magnetized FerriteSubstratesA. A. Mavridis, G. A. Kyriacou (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); J. N. Sahalos (Aristotle University ofThessaloniki, Greece) 47

Horn Antennas Analysis Using a Hybrid Mode Matching-Auxiliary Sources TechniqueS. Diamantis, A. P. Orfanidis, G. A. Kyriacou (Democritus University of Thrace; Greece); J. N. Sahalos (AristotleUniversity ofThessaloniki, Greece) 48

Use of transmission line methods for antenna analysis and wave propagationN. Ida , R. Ciocan (The University of Akron, USA) 49

Session 2 bNumerical Methods for Antenna Analysis 50

Line-Integral Representation of the PO Radiation Integral from a Cassegrain SubreflectorA. Pippi, A. Caruso, S. Maci (University of Siena, Italy); M. Sabbadini (European Space Agency, The Netherlands) 51

Analysis of Conformal Antennas Using Spectral Domain ApproachZ. Sipus (University of Zagreb, Croatia); P.-S. Kildal (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) 52

A UAPO Solution to Account for Edge Effects in ReflectarraysF. Ferrara, C. Gennarelli, R. Guerriero, G. Riccio (University of Salerno, Italy); C. Savarese (University of Naples"Parthenope", Italy) 53

Characterization of Antennas over Conducting Cylinders by Wave ConceptN. Raveau, H. Baudrand (LEN7 ENSEEIHT-INPT, France); T-P. Vuong (LCIS ESISAR-INPG, France); I.Terrasse, G. P. Piau (EADS CCR, France) 54

A Fast and Accurate Method for Analysis and Design of Laterally-Shielded Multilayered Planar Leaky-Wave AntennasJ. L. Gomez-Tornero, A. Alvarez-Melcon, F. Quesada-Pereira (Technical University of Cartagena, Spain) 55

A New Procedure for the Evaluation of Electromagnectics Potentials Inside Circular CavitiesP. Vera-Castejon, F. D. Quesada-Pereira, J. L. Gomez-Tornero, A. Alvarez-Melcon (Technical University ofCartagena, Spain) 56

Session 48Accelerated Computational Techniques 57

Efficient Simulation and Optimization of Photonic CrystalsC. Hafher, J. Smajic (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) 58

Fast Multipole Method for the Solution of Eddy Currents Problems with an Integral Formulation inTopologically Complex DomainsG. Rubinacci, A. Tamburrino, S. Ventre, F. Villone (Universita di Cassino, Italy) 59

Scattering by Dielectric Strips on a Dielectric Layer of Finite ThicknessE. Marx (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) 60

Key Features of the ADI - FDTD Method: Applications to GPR ProglemsR. Godoy Rubio, S. Gonzalez Garcia, A. Rubio Bretones, M. Fernandez Pantoja, R. Gomez Martin (University ofGranada, Spain) 61

Improved Detection of Correlated Radio Signals using Spatial Smoothing and Uniform Linear AntennaArraysR. M. Shubair (Etisalat College of Engineering, U.A.E.) 62

Rapid and Accurate Computation of the Mutual Impedance of Vertical Antennas above a Dielectric Half-SpaceR. M. Shubair (Etisalat College of Engineering, U.A.E.) 63

A Full-Wave Analysis of a Class of Planar Microstrip Components for Wireless CommunicationApplicationsD. Caratelli, R. Cicchetti (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); A. Faraone (Motorola Inc., USA) 64

High Accuracy Hybrid Galerkin-Finite Difference Analysis of An Electrically Large ResonatorA. Cwikla, M. Mrozowski (Technical University of Gdansk, Poland) 65

Factorization of Electromagnetic Field Distributions without Utilizing Addition TheoremAli R. Baghai-Wadji (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); E. Li (Institute for High PerformanceComputing, Singapore) 66

Pseudo-spectral Analysis of Radially-Diagonalized Maxwell's Equations in Cylindrical Co-ordinates:Applications to Photonic Crystal FibersK. Varis (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Ali R. Baghai-Wadji (Vienna University of Technology,Austria) 67

An Ultimate DDM with Mortar Techniques for solving large EM Problems-1 billion Unknowns on a PCK. Zhao, M. N. Vouvakis, S.-C. Lee, J.-F. Lee (Ohio State University, USA) 68

A Hybrid EMC-Oriented UTD/FDTD Model for Wireless Communication Systems Operating in IndoorComplex EnvironmentsR. Cicchetti, P. Bernardi, D. Caratelli, O. Testa (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy) 69

A Modified Lanczos Algorithm for TLM Macro-ModelingD. Lukashevich, P. Russer (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany); A. Cangellaris (University of Illinois,USA) 70

Time domain Homogenisation of Laminated Iron Cores in Finite Element Models: Generalization of theSkin Effect Basis FunctionsJ. Gyselinck, P. Dular (University of Liege, Belgium); L. Krahenbuhl, T. Zeidan (Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France) 71

Session 7Advanced Numerical Topics for Industrial Applications 72

Maxwell's Equations in Accelerated Frames of Reference and their Application in ComputationalElectromagnetismS. Kurz (University of the German Armed Forces, Germany); B. Flemisch, B. Wohlmuth (Universitat Stuttgart,Germany) 73

Transient 3-D Eddy Current Analysis in Superconducting Magnet System Using Integral ApproachJ. Junak, U. van Rienen (Rostock University, Germany) 74

Advanced Numerical Simulation of Magnetomechanical SystemsM. Kaltenbacher, R. Lerch (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); M. Rausch (Siemens AG MedicalSolutions, Germany); H. Landes (WisSoft, Germany) 75

Eddy Current Simulation with the Finite Element Code NGSolveJ. Schoberl, U. Langer (University Linz, Austria) 76

Efficient S-parameter calculation with the time-harmonic Maxwell equationsW. Koch, S. Reitzinger, P. Thoma, T. Weiland (CST GmbH, Germany) 11

Adaptive Transient Simulation of Field-Circuit Coupled Problems Including Switching Circuit ElementsG. Benderskaya, M. Clemens, H. De Gersem, T. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 78

Numerical methods for micromagnetic recording simulationsT. Schrefl, H. Forster, D. Suess, R. Dittrich (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) 79

Efficient Filtering Application of Frequency Selective Volumes in the Near-Infrared RegionA. Zachary Hood, E. Topsakal (Mississippi State University, USA) 80

Comparison of Different Formulations for Eddy-Current Computations in an Induction FurnaceD. van Riesen, C. Kaehler, G. Henneberger (Aachen University, Germany) 81

Fast Boundary Element Method in Capacity ComputationsG. Of, O. Steinbach, W. L. Wendland (University of Stuttgart, Germany) 82

Preconditioning of BEM operators by using H-MatricesJ. Ostrowski (ABB Switzerland Ltd, Switzerland) 83

Antenna interaction modelling on complex platforms: theoretical bases and industrial developmentsS. Maci, R. Tiberio, A. Toccafondi (University of Siena, Italy); R. Cioni, A. Pandolfo (Ingegneria dei Sistemi,Italy); M. Sabbadini (European Space Agency, The Netherlands) 84

Study of Magnetosctriction Effects in Electrical MachineryO. A. Mohammed, S. Liu, S. Ganu (Florida International University, USA) 85

Physical Modeling Study of Electrical MachineryO. A. Mohammed, S. Liu, Z. Liu (Florida International University, USA) 86

Planar antenna modelling and design: Theoretical bases and industrial developmentsM. Bandinelli, R. Guidi (Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Italy); A. Cucini, S. Maci (University of Siena, Italy); L.Matekovits, G. Vecchi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); M. Sabbadini (ESA, The Netherlands) 87

Session 17Coherent Effects in Random Media 88

Dynamics and Leakage of Localized WavesB. van Tiggelen, S. Skipetrov, F. Arruda de A. Pineiro (Laboratoire de Physique et Modelisation des MilieuxCondenses CNRS, France); A. Orlowski, M. Rusek (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) 89

Time series analysis of microwave signals. Fokker-Planck equation approach.K. Ivanova (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 90

Beyond the diffusing-wave spectroscopy model for the temporal fluctuations of light scattered by dynamicrandom mediaR. Carminati, J.-J. Greffet (Ecole Centrale Paris, CNRS, France); R. Elaloufi (University College London, UK) 91

Anomalous Selective Transparency of Many-Mode Surface-Corrugated WaveguidesF. M. Izrailev, N. M. Makarov (Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico) 92

Effect of Surface Scattering on Excitonic Spectrum in Quantum WellsN. Atenco-Analco, N. M. Makarov, F. Perez-Rodriguez (Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico) 93

Resonances in ID disordered systems: localization of energy and resonant transmissionK. Yu. Bliokh (Institute of Radio Astronomy, Ukraine); Yu. P. Bliokh (Department of Physics, Technion, Israel);V. D. Freilikher (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) 94

Modeling Rough Surface Scattering in Complicated Media Using Gaussian BeamsG. Gordon, E. Heyman (Tel Aviv University, Israel); R. Mazar (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) 95

Diffusion of Light in Strongly Photonic CrystalsA. F. Koenderink, W. L. Vos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) 96

On the determination of the effective refractive index of a particle suspension by optical reflection near thecritical angleA. Garcia-Valenzuela, R. G. Barrera, A. Reyes-Coronado, E. R. Mendez (Universidad Nacional Autonoma deMexico, Mexico) 97

On the nonlocal character of the effective medium of a granular material with large inclusionsR. G. Barrera, A. Reyes-Coronado, E. R. Mendez, A. Garcia-Valenzuela (Universidad Nacional Autonoma deMexico, Mexico); 98

Characterization of diffusive media by reflectivity measurementsE. R. Mendez, R. G. Barrera, A. Garcia-Valenzuela (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico) 99

Inclusion of Dependent Scattering Effects in Radiative Transfer Theory: Applications to light diffusion andabsorptionV. Martinez, J. C. Auger (Centro de Investigacion en Polimeros, Mexico); A. da Silva (Laboratoire des Systemesde Lecture pour la Biologie, France); B. Stout (Institut Fresnel, France) 100

The Coherence of Light Scattered from a Randomly Rough SurfaceT. A. Leskova, A. A. Maradudin, J. Munoz-Lopez (University of California Irvine, USA) 101

Session 51RF - Microwave Tomography for Cultural Heritages and Civil Engineering Applications 102

A microwave interferometer with imaging capability for remote measurements of displacementsM. Pieraccini, G. Luzi, D. Mecatti, M. Fratini, F. Parrini, C. Atzeni (University of Florence, Italy); G. Pinelli (IDSS.p.A., Italy) 103

No-contact penetrating radar for Cultural Heritage applications: a case study in Palazzo Vecchio (Firenze)M. Pieraccini, G. Luzi, D. Mecatti, M. Fratini, C. Atzeni (University of Florence, Italy); G. Pinelli (IDS S.p.A.,Italy) 104

GPR and Electrical tomography survey to detect cavities in the urban area of Matera (Southern Italy)M. Bavusi, F. Cristallo, V. Lapenna, A. Loperte, S. Piscitelli, E. Rizzo (IMAA - CNR, Italy) 105

Integrated 2-D radar tomography and Multi-fold Ground Penetrating Radar for Non-invasive rock masscharacterizationM. Pipan, E. Forte, G. Dal Moro, M. Sugan, P. Gabrielli, I. Finetti (University of Trieste, Italy) 106

An Italian experience on stepped frequency GPRG. Alberti, L. Ciofaniello, G. Galiero, M. Sacchettino (Consortium for Research on Advanced Remote SensingSystems, Italy); R. Persico (CNR, Italy) 107

Some Relevant Issues in Subsurface Prospecting Within Distorted Born ApproximationF. Soldovieri, R. Persico (CNR, Italy) 108

Microwave imaging of thin cylindersR. Pierri, J. Romano, A. Liseno (Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy) 109

A Microwave Tomographic Approach Based on a Global Optimization ProcedureM. Pastorino (University of Genoa, Italy) 110

3D Microwave Sub-Surface Imaging Technology for Civil InfrastructuresL. Jofre (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain); Y. J. Kim, H. Ko, M. Q. Feng, F. De Flaviis (University ofCalifornia Irvine, USA) 111

In situ dielectric characterization of tuff for masonry microwave tomographyA. Brancaccio, D. Sglavo, R. Pierri (Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy); F. Soldovieri (IREA CNR, Italy); G.Leone (Universita di Reggio Calabria, Italy) 112

Session 55Electromagnetic Scattering and Polarization 113

Null-field method with discrete sources in light scattering simulation of non-trivial particlesJ. Hellmers, T. Wriedt (Universitat Bremen, Germany) ' 14

Light scattering from erythrocyte: Discrete Sources Method modelE. Eremina, T. Wriedt (Universitat Bremen, Germany); Y. Eremin (Moscow State University, Russia) 115

Modeling of light scattering from particles of extreme shapes based on the Discrete Sources MethodE. Eremina, T. Wriedt (Universitat Bremen, Germany); Y. Eremin (Moscow State University, Russia) 116

FERMAT: A High Frequency EM Scattering Code from Complex Scenes including Objects andEnvironmentH. J. Mametsa, S. Laybros, T. Volpert (ONERA/DEMR, France); P. F. Combes (UPS/ADMM/IGEEP, France); P.N' Guyen, P. Pitot (OKTAL SE, France) 117

The Mueller scattering matrix elements for cylindrical structuresH. Yousif (University of Pittsburgh Bradford, USA) 118

Simulation and Analysis of Multiport Waveguide Junctions with Artificial Discontinuities Formed of theInductive Strips and DiaphragmsF. G. Bogdanov, G. Sh. Kevanishvili, G. V. Jandieri, G. V. Kekelia (Georgian Technical University, Georgia); K.Yasumoto (Kyushu University, Japan) 119

Estimating Accuracy of MoM Solutions to the Scattering Problems on Arbitrary 3-D Geometries byChecking the Boundary Conditions Performance and Power Balance in Near - Field RegionF. G. Bogdanov, R. G. Jobava (EMCoS, EM Consulting and Software Ltd., Georgia); S. Frei (EMC Center, AUDIAG, Germany) 120

Independent particle size and shape estimation from polarization fluctuation spectroscopyP. C. Y. Chang, J. G. Walker, K. I. Hopcraft (University of Nottingham, UK) 121

The Scattering of electromagnetic waves from elliptical cylinder and stripH. Yousif, R. Melka (University of Pittsburgh Bradford, USA) 122

Electromagnetic Scattering From Chiral MediaA. Elsherbeni, M. Al Sharkawy (University of Mississippi, USA); V. Demir, E. Arvas (Syracuse University USA);S. Mahmoud (Kuwait University) 123

Session 42Numerical Methods in Electromagnetic Compatibility 124

EMC Macromodeling for ODE simulatorsG. Akoun (EADS CRC, France) 125

A New Method for the Extraction of the Equivalent Impedance of Complex 3-D Interconnect StructuresA. Maffucci, F. Villone (Universita di Cassino, Italy) 126

Saving up CPU time in EMC by means of kriging and statisticsM. Helier (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France); Ph. de Doncker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium);W. Tabbara (DRE LSS-Supelec, France) 127

Coupling Effects Between a Cellular Phone and MetaUic Eyeglasses: Field Enhancement in the Eye RegionG. Bellanca, G. Caniato, A. Giovannelli, A. Parini, P. Olivo, S. Trillo (University ofFerrara, Italy) 128

Equivalent Network Representation of Integral Equations in ElectromagneticsH. Aubert, H. Baudrand (ENSEEIHT, France); D. Bajon (ENSAE, France) 129

Advances in the Application of TLM to EMC ProblemsC. Christopoulos, P. Sewell, T. M. Benson, D. W. P. Thomas, A. Vukovic, J. D. Paul, V. Podlozny, Y. K. Choong(University of Nottingham, UK) 130

Fast and Efficient Electromagnetic Characterization of Complex Apertures using SS-TLM with PMLLayersS. Le Maguer, M. M. Ney (LEST, France) 131

Statistical characterization of a reverberation chamber using the FDTD methodS. Mengue, E. Richalot, O. Picon (Universite de Marne-la-Vallee, France) 132

Association of Electromagnetic Models in Power Electronic Systems from Circuit to MicrowaveRepresentationA. Guena, F. Costa (SATIE, France) 133

Source Decomposition by Genetic Algorithm for Space ApplicationsM. Baroni, F. Marliani, M. Buzzo Margari (European Space Agency, The Netherlands) 134

A Mixed Full Wave/Transmission Line Formulation for the Transient Analysis of Field-ExcitedMulticonductor Shielded CablesM. Feliziani (University ofL'Aquila, Italy); F. Maradei (Univ. of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy) 135

Session 35PBG/EBG Structures 136

Photonic Band Gap Materials: Engineering the Electromagnetic VacuumJohn Sajeev (University of Toronto, Canada) 137

The magnetic behaviour of "Swiss Rolls": comparison of effective medium theory and experimentM. C. K. Wiltshire (Imperial College London, UK); V. Yannopapas, J. B. Pendry (Imperial College London, UK) 138

On the Goos-Hanchen shift at photonic crystal interfacesP. Caillaud, P. N. Stavrinou (The Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London, UK) 139

Periodic rejection band structures in sub-wavelength regimeJ. Bonache,F. Martin, J. Garcia (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain); F. Falcone, T. Lopetegui, M. Sorolla(UniversidadPublica de Navarra, Spain); J. Martel, R. Marques (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) 140

Theoretical analysis of the tensing properties of magnetic metamaterialsV. Yannopapas, M. C. K. Wiltshire, J. B. Pendry (Imperial College London, UK) 141

Analysis of Characteristics of Optical Waveguide Devices Constructed by Two-Dimensional PhotonicCrystalsH. Ikuno, Y. Naka (Kumamoto University Japan) 142

Low Cost 1-D EBG Resonator Antenna with High DirectivityA. R. Weily, K. P. Esselle, L. Horvath, B. C. Sanders (Macquarie University, Australia); T. S. Bird (CSIROTelecommunications and Industrial Physics, Australia) 143

Small Antennas on Electromagnetic BandGap StructuresY. Hao, A. Alomainy, I. J. Garcia Zuazola, C. G. Parini (University of London, UK) 144

Radiation properties of sources embedded inside photonic crystalsE. Ozbay, I. Bulu, H. Caglayan (Bilkent University, Turkey) 145

Parametric Study of Compact Flat Antennas Based on Periodic PatternsS. Pioch (Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France); J.-M. Laheurte (Universite de Marne la Vallee, France);M. Thevenot (Universite de Limoges, France) 146

Methodology to design high gain EBG antennas. Enhancement of the gain and bandwidthL. Leger, T. Monediere, M. Thevenot, B. Jecko (Universite de Limoges, France) 147

Tunable transmission in novel types of photonic crystals based on left-handed metamaterialsM. W. Feise, I. V. Shadrivov, Yu. S. Kivshar (Australian National University, Australia) 148

Finite Difference Modal Analysis of Hollow Photonic Crystal FibersC.-P. Yu, H.-C. Chang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) 149

Session 34PDE Methods for Solving Electromagnetic Problems 150

An Eigenvalue Hybrid FEM Formulation for 2D Open Structures Using Mixed type Node/Edge Elementsand a Cylindrical Harmonics ExpansionP. C. Allilomes, G. A. Kyriacou (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) 151

A 2-D Finite Difference Frequency Domain (FDFD) eigenvalue method for orthogonal curvilinearcoordinatesC. S. Lavranos, G. A. Kyriacou (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); J. N. Sahalos (Aristotle University ofThessaloniki, Greece) 152

Singular High-order Complete Vector Bases for the Finite Element Modeling of Wedge ProblemsG. Lombardi, R. D. Graglia (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) 153

A Single Expansion Point Algorithm for Multi-Parameter Model Reduction of Electromagnetic FieldProblemsO. Farle, V. Hill, R. Dyczij-Edlinger (Saarland University, Germany) 154

An Efficient Non-Conforming Finite Element Domain Decomposition Method for the analysis of LargeFinite ArraysS.-C. Lee, M. N. Vouvakis, J.-F. Lee (The Ohio State University, USA) 155

A Finite Element Technique for Determining the Electromagnetic Scattering by Bodies of RevolutionR. K. Gordon, W. E. Hutchcraft (University of Mississippi, USA); R. Mittra (The Pennsylvania State University,USA) 156

A Finite Element Time Domain Algorithm Using Cubic Wavelet-Like FunctionsW. E. Hutchcraft, R. K. Gordon (University of Mississippi, USA) 157

Fast Synthesis and Analysis of Electrically Large Structures using the Transfinite Element MethodD. Crawford (Ansoft GmbH, Germany); I. Bardi, R. Hall, F. Pradeau, Z. Cendes (Ansoft Corp. USA); J-Fa. Lee(Ohio State University, USA) 158

Session 5Advanced Simulations for Signal Integrity & E M I 159

Equivalent circuit extraction for an SMA connectorG. Antonini, A. Ciccomancini Scogna, A. Orlandi (University ofL 'Aquila, Italy) 160

An Improved Estimation of Composite Strip-Line LossesJ. Chan, K. Sivaprasad, K. Chamberlin (University of New Hampshire, USA) 161

Evaluation of the effective electrical parameters of a PCB trace for accurate signal integrity simulationsV. Ricchiuti (Siemens CNXS.p.A., Italy) 162

3D Modeling and Circuit Model Extraction of Vias in Multilayer Printed Circuit BoardsG. Selli, J. Zhang, J. L. Drewniak (University of Missouri-Rolla, USA); M. Lai, A. De Luca, A. Ciccomancini, G.Antonini, A. Orlandi (University ofL 'Aquila, Italy); B. Archambeault (IBM Co, USA); J. 163Fan, J. L. Knighten (NCR Corporation, USA)

Signal(SI) and Power(PI) Integrity Analysis of large complex PCBs: Theory, Implementation andSimulation Result Verification Measurement 164E. Miersch (EFM Consulting, Germany)

Algorithms for Efficient Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of Nonunifrom Transmission Lines 165E. Gad (University of Ottawa, Canada); M. Nakhla (Carleton University, Canada)

Modelling the Electromagnetic Radiation from Mother-/Daughter-Board Structures with Respect to theConnector-Pin Configuration 166V. Navratil (Brno University of Technology, Chzech Republic); M. Leone (Siemens AG, Germany)

Comparison of Via Equivalent Circuit Models Accuracy Using Quasi-Static and Full-Wave Approaches 167B. Archambeault, S. Connor (IBM Research Triangle Park USA); A. E. Ruehli (IBM Watson Research Center,USA); J. Zhang, J. Drewniak (University of Missouri-Rolla, USA); A. Orlandi, G. Antonini (University of L'Aquila,Italy)

Session 14Non Thermal Biological Effects of E M Fields Used for Mobile Communicat ions 168

Responses to RF fields in nematodes: non-thermal or subtle thermal effects?D. I. De Pomerai, A. S. Dawe, D. W. P. Thomas (University of Nottingham, UK) 169

Tackling the problem of thermal versus non thermal biological effects of high frequency electromagneticradiationsJ.-P. Zryd, E. Alasonati, Y. Saidi (Department of Plant molecular Biology - UNIL, Switzerland); P. Zweiacker, F.Rachidi (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) 170

Cell Phones Increase hsp70 and Induce Specific Transcription Factors in DrosophilaR. Goodman, D. Weisbrot, M. Blank (Columbia University, USA) 171

Electromagnetic fields in biomedicine: Cytoprotection and gene therapyR. Goodman, H. Lin, M. Blank (Columbia University, USA) 172

1800 MHz radiofrequency electromagnetic fields cause energy-dependent genotoxic effects in humanpromyelocytic HL-60 cellsR. Fitzner, R. Gminski, K. Schlatterer (Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany) 173

Characterization of a GTEM cell designed for the SAR evaluation in in vitro experimentsM. Bozzetti, G. Calo, A. D'Orazio, M. De Sario, L. Mescia, V. Petruzzelli, F. Prudenzano (Politecnico di Bari,Italy) 174

Methods for the evaluation of possible biological effects of electromagnetic fieldsE. Comino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); P. Zryd, E. Alasonati, Y. Saidi (University of Lausanne Switzerland); P.Zweiacker, F. Rachidi (Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technology Switzerland) 175

Session 20Hysteresis Modeling and Micromagnetics 176

Understanding the Superparamagnetic LimitA. W. Spargo, P. H. W. Ridley, G. W. Roberts (University of Wales, UK) 177

Stability and accuracy in micromagnetic calculationsA. W. Spargo, P. H. W. Ridley, G. W. Roberts (University of Wales, UK) 178

Comparison of hysteresis models for AFC-disk drive recording mediaA. Ktena, D. I. Fotiadis, C. V. Massalas (University of Ioannina, Greece); A. Berger (Hitachi Global StorageTechnologies, USA) 179

Analysis of fast precessional switching in magnetic thin filmsM. d'Aquino, C. Serpico, G. Miano (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy); W. Scholz, T. Schrefl (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria) 180

Rate-Dependent Modelling of Magnetostrictive Actuators in Feedback Control SystemsD. Davino, C. Visone (Universita del Sannio, Italy); C. Natale, S. Pirozzi (Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy) 181

Methods for Identification of Preisach Model from MeasurementsM. Sjostrom (Mid-Sweden University, Sweden) 182

Calculations of Magnetic Nanostructure Hysteresis Loops for Modified Thin Film by Ion IrradiationsD. Bajalan, H. Hauser, P. L. Fulmek (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) 183

The calculation of the hysteresis loop with regard to the contribution of single domains in orthoferritesM. Evanzin, H. Hauser, Y. S. Didosyan (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) 184

Evaluation of Dynamic Hysteresis Losses by a Fourier Descriptor ApproachF. Riganti Fulginei, R. Russo, A. Salvini (Universita degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy) 185

Magnetic Nanostructure In Thin Film Multi-LayerD. Bajalan, H. Hauser, P. L. Fulmek (Vienna University of Technology Austria) 186

Session 44Multi-scale Modelling in Electromagnetics 187

TLM for Unstructured Triangular MeshesP. Sewell, J. G. Wykes, C. Christopoulos, T. M. Benson, D. W. P. Thomas, A. Vukovic (The University ofNottingham, UK) 188

The Weighted Residuals interpretationof FDTD with application to thin wires and planar circuitsC. J. Railton (University of Bristol, UK) 189

Combining finite difference and ray-based methods to model spiral antennas.J. A. L. Simpson, R. Walton, S. Earl (BAE Systems, UK) 190

Techniques for Fractional Displacement of Thin-Walls in Time-Domain TLMJ. Paul, V. Podlozny, C. Christopoulos (University of Nottingham, UK) 191

Multi-Scale Hybrid Electromagnetic Modeling and Transient Simulation of Multi-Layered Printed CircuitBoardsA. Yilmaz, M. J. Choi, J. Jin, E. Michielssen, A. C. Cangellaris (University of Illinois, USA) 192

Combination of Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) Method with Multipole Expansion of the Radiation FieldP. Lorenz, P. Russer (Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany) 193

A Unified Approach for Modeling Arbitrary Thin Wires and Thin Slots in the FDTD MethodF. Edelvik, T. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 194

Session 29Advancements in PEEC and Integral Methods for Time Domain Electromagnetic

Modelling 195

Efficient Calculation of Time Domain Radiation Integral by means of Data-fitting and Signal ProcessingToolsM. Ciattaglia, G. Marrocco (Universita diRoma "Tor Vergata", Italy) 196

Use of fast Time Domain PEEC Simulations for Improved Frequency Domain ModelingJ. Ekman (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden) 197

A MOMTD-FDTD Hybrid Method for the Solution of Enclosure Shielding ProblemG. Cerri, R. De Leo, P. Russo (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy) 198

Efficient capacitance calculations for PEEC circuit analysisJ. Mao, J. L. Drewniak (University of Missouri-Rolla, USA); G. Antonini, A. Orlandi (University ofL 'Aquila, Italy) 199

Design of ultrawideband antennas using genetic algorithms and integral equation techniquesM. Fernandez Pantoja, F. Garcia Ruiz, A. Rubio Bretones, R. Gomez Martin (University of Granada, Spain); A.Monorchio (University of Pisa, Italy) 200

Field Calculations in the Time Domain for Multiple Current Sources on a Printed Circuit BoardB. Archambeault, S. Connor (IBM Research Triangle Park, USA); A. E. Ruehli (IBM Watson Research Center,USA) 201

PEEC Equivalent Circuits for Dispersive DielectricsG. Antonini (University of L'Aquila, Italy); A. E. Ruehli (IBMResearch Division, USA); A. Haridass (IBMServerDivision, USA) 202

Session 46Computational Electromagnetics for Photonics and Microwaves 203

Full Wave Analysis of the Isolator Properties of Thin Film Magneto - Optic CoatingsA. Vukovic, P. Sewell, T. M. Benson (University of Nottingham, UK) 204

Numerical simulation of the 3D nonlinear Maxwell's equationsC. Conti, S. Trillo, G. Assanto (University of Roma Tre, Italy) 205

The electrical field distribution on a model heart when a microwave antenna is placed inside itL. Nickelson, S. Asmontas, K. Pozela (Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania); V. Engelson (LinkopingUniversity, Sweden) 206

Numerical investigation of open microstrip lines with two-layer semiconductor - dielectric substratesL. Nickelson, M. Tamosiunene, S. Asmontas (Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania) 207

Modelling of liquid crystal diffraction devicesF. A. Fernandez, R. James, S. E. Day (University College London, UK); O. A. Peverini, D. Olivero, C. Oldano(Politecnico di Torino, Italy) 208

Assessment of Linear System Iterative-Solvers Applied to Photonics Device SimulationsK. Claudio, H. E. Hernandez-Figueroa, M. de Freitas Gomes Hernandez (Universidade Estadual de Campinas,Brasil) 209

Numerical Modeling Challenges for Large Scale Photonics Device SimulationsH. E. Hernandez-Figueroa (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil) 210

Session 8High - End Computing in Computational Electromagnetics 211

High-Order Accurate Time-Domain Solution of Maxwell's Equations in Complex GeometriesJ. S. Hesthaven (Brown University, USA); T. C. Warburton (University of New Mexico, USA) 212

Latest 3-D Finite Element Analysis for Motor CharacteristicsY. Kawase, T. Yamaguchi, S. Sano (Gifu University, Japan) 213

Eddy Current Loss Analysis of Miniature Motor Using 3-D Finite Element Using Double Nodes TechniqueY. Kawase, T. Yamaguchi, H. Naito (Gifu University, Japan); K. Nakamura, E. Fukushima (Namiki PrecisionJewel Co., Japan) 214

3-D Finite Element Analysis of Surface Permanent Magnet Motor Using Soft Magnetic CompositesY. Kawase, T. Yamaguchi T. Okouchi (Gifu University, Japan); Goran Nord (Hogands AB., Sweden); K. Kanno(Hogands Japan K.K., Japan) 215

Low-frequency Electromagnetic Field Calculation in High-Resolution 3D Human Anatomy Models Usingthe Finite Integration TechniqueA. Barchanski, M. Clemens, H. De Gersem, T. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 216

Maxwell Eigenvalue Problems with High Order ElementsJ. Schoeberl, S. Zaglmayr (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) 217

Progress Towards an FDTD Hardware AcceleratorR. N. Schneider, M. M. Okoniewski, L. E. Turner (University of Calgary, Canada) 218

Dynamic micromagnetic simulation of the entire writing processT. Schrefl (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); M. E. Schabes (Hitachi San Jose Research Center, USA);M. Stehno (UIUC, USA) 219

Session 49Neural Networks Applications to Nuclear Fusion 220

Neural Network Applications at the JET TokamakJ. Svensson, R. W. T. Konig (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany); M. von Hellermann (EuratomAssociation, The Netherlands) 221

Progress in disruption forecasting at JET using neural networksB. Cannas, A. Fanni, M. K. Zedda (Universita di Cagliari, Italy); P. Sonato (Consorzio RFXPadova, Italy) 222

Design of the Real-Time Neural Network Control System for the DIII-D Plasma Fusion ReactorA. B. Trunov (Intelligent Optical Systems Inc., USA) 223

Ensemble of Learning Machines to Plasma Boundary Identification in Tokamak ReactorsF. C. Morabito (University ofReggio Calabria, Italy) 224

Neural Networks Applications to Nuclear FusionA. Vannucci (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) 225

Poster Session PI 226

Analytical asymptotic extraction for bend discontinuity on a uniaxial substrateT. T. Zhang, H. T. Hui (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 228

Ionospheric Waveguide System with Nonlocal NonlinearityV. Eremenko, N. Manaenkova (Institute of the Terrestrial Magnetism, Russia) 229

Discrete Differential Forms and Collocation Techniques in the Boundary Element MethodsO. Rain (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany); S. Kurz (Universitat der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Germany); V.Rischmuller (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany) 230

Impact of novel mesh quality improvement systems on finite element solution accuracyM. Dorica, D. Giannacopoulos (McGill University, Canada) 231

Exact expressions in the time domain for electric and magnetic fields from an extending lightning dischargein terms of the charge densityR. Thottappillil (Uppsala University, Sweden); V. A. Rakov, M. A. Uman (University of Florida, USA) 232

Influence of Conductor Segmentation in Grounding Resistance Calculation Using Boundary ElementMethodT. Baric, S. Nikolovski (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Croatia) 233

Accurate Finite Element Solution of Optical Waveguide DiscontinuitiesS. S. A Obayya, H. Al-Raweshidy, W. Balachandran (Brunei University, UK) 234

Efficient Full Vectorial Finite Element Modal Analysis of Photonic Crystal FibresS. S. A Obayya, H. Al-Raweshidy, W. Balachandran (Brunei University, UK) 235

Utilisation of Finished Elements Method Inside a Microwave Oven with a Plastic CasingD. Soproni, T. Maghiar, M. Pantea, N. Maghiar, L. Moldovan, A. Grava (University ofOradea, Romania) 236

Power characteristics of radiators in multilayered dielectric structuresM. Sabirov, I. Sourkova, V. Sourkov, V.Bodrov (Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Russia); M. Koledintseva(University of Missouri-Rolla, USA) 237

An On-Surface Generatrix Boundary Conditions Approach to Electromagnetic Penetration into a ShieldedEnclosureH. Rahman (Saint Louis University, USA) 238

Influence of Ground Line Position on Time Domain SignalsM. Fai'ez Ktata, H. Grabinski (Universitat Hannover, Germany) 239

An efficient non-dissipative Discontinuous Galerkin Method to solve Maxwell's equations in time domainS. Pernet, X. Ferrieres (ONERA; France); G. Cohen (INRIA, France) 240

Absence of poles in integrand of Green's function for special case of the three layers mediumE. G. Saltykov (Moscow State University, Russia) 241

Volume Singular Integral Equations Method for Solving of Diffraction Problem on Diamagnetic BodyLocated in ResonatorYu. G. Smirnov, A. A. Tsupak (Penza State University, Russia) 242

Analysis and Optimisation of Grating Profiles in Optically Pumped DFB and CG-DFB Polymer LasersG. F. Barlow, K. A. Shore (University of Wales Bangor, UK) 243

Microwave Near-Field-Induced Blue Plasma Emission from Narrow Diameter Single Wall CarbonNanotubesT. Imholt, J. Roberts (University of North Texas, USA); B. Hasslacher; M. Chen (Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, USA); B. Gnade (University of Texas at Dallas, USA); D. Allara (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 244

GHz E-field Induced Energy Release Processes in Nanometer Diameter MaterialsD. Allara (Pennsylvania State University, USA); T. Imholt, J. Roberts (University of North Texas, USA); B. Gnade(University of Texas at Dallas, USA); M. Chen (Massachusetts Inst. Of Technology, USA); B. Hasslacher 245

An Unconditionally Stable FDTD Formulations Using Laguerre Polynomials as Temporal Basis FunctionsN. Homsup (Kasetsart University, Thailand); W. Homsup (Royal Thai Air Force Academy, Thailand) 246

High Accuracy FDTD Numerical Model to Simulate Optical Propagation in Photonic CrystalsJ. B. Cole, S. Banerjee (University ofTsukuba, Japan) 247

Downward Continuation, One-Way Wave Equations, and Acoustic Time-Reversal MirrorsL. Fishman (MDFInternational, USA); M. V. de Hoop (Center for Wave Phenomena, USA) 248

Poster Session P2 249

Optimisation of tissue-equivalent liquids for SAR measurementK. Fukunaga, S. Watanabe, M. Hanazawa, Y. Yamanaka (Communications Research Laboratory, USA) 251

Gradient magnetic field measuring method using MR technique with spin echo series.K. Bartusek (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic); E. Gescheidtova (UTEE FEKT VUT,Czech Republic) 252

Fundamental Study on Measurement Method of Dielectric Constant of Liquid at V BandM. Hanazawa, K. Fukunaga, S. Watanabe, Y. Yamanaka (Communications Research Laboratory, Japan) 253

Evaluation of Current and Past Literature and Theoretical Mechanisms Related to Biological Effects of RFExposure Does Not Support the Existence of Non-Thermal EffectsM. Swicord, J. Morrissey, J. Elder (Motorola Labs, USA) 254

Heuristic Parameter Identification of Hysteresis ModelsA. Salvini, L. Liberti (Universita degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy) 255

Application of the Transmission Line Modeling (TLM) Method to the Simulation of ElectromagneticCompatibility Engineering SystemsA. Raizer (UFSC, Brazil); J. L. Silveira, (CEFET-SC, Brazil); H. D. Almaguer (UFSC, Brazil) 256

Electromagnetic field produced by a pair of parallel leaky cables in a tunnelM. Piette, R.Van Thienen, S. Collin (Royal Military Academy, Belgium); P. Delogne (Universite Catholique deLouvain, Belgium) 257

A modeling of slot on the PCB ground plane by using genetic argorithmH. Hirayama (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan); Y. Kami (The University of Electro-Communications,Japan) 258

Development of an integrated electromagnetic/thermal code for bioelectromagnetic problemsP. R. Wainwright (NRPB, UK) 259

The Detection Limit of MOS Structure Magnetic MicrosensorsG. Caruntu, C. Panait (Maritime University of Constantza, Romania) 260

Magnetic Microsensors in Monitoring and Warning Naval EquipmentG. Caruntu, C. Panait (Maritime University of Constantza, Romania) 261

Modelling steady-state hysteresis by analogue circuitsA. Salvini, L. Ciarabelli (University of Rome "Roma tre", Italy); V. Bonaiuto (University ofRome"Tor Vergata",Italy) 262

Non-destructive Evaluation of Composite Materials by Digital ShearographyR. Massudi, A. Faraji (S. Beheshti University, Iran) 263

Application of a genetic algorithm for extracting parameters of dispersive curves for a planar compositelayerJ. Zhang, M. Koledintseva, K. Hu, J. Drewniak (University of Missouri-Rolla, USA); R. Johnk (National Instituteof Standards and Technology, USA) 264

Transmission Line with Random Parameters Investigation by Linear and Parabolic ApproximationTechniquesG. Becherini (Accademia Navale di Livorno, Italy) 265

SAR Characterization of Mobile PhonesK. H. Chan, L. C. Fung, S. W. Leung (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 266

Basic research on Search and Rescue for victims in a forestI. Nakajima, Y. Namba, K. Usman, M. Ta (Tokai University Institute of Medical Sciences, Japan) 267

Methodological approach and pilot-study results for the investigation of the effects of GSM cellular phoneson human hearingS. L. Bell, M. E. Lutman (University of Southampton, UK); M. Parazzini, P. Ravazzani (CNR, Italy); G.Thuroczy(National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Hungary) 268

Functional and morphological effects on auditory system of rats exposed to 900 and 1800 MHzelectromagnetic fieldsP. Galloni, F. Barone, R. Pinto, M. Piscitelli, C. Marino (Enea Casaccia, Italy); A. Brazzale, M. Parazzini, P.Ravazzani (CNR, Italy) 269

New trends in ECT applications from the MADEND projectR. Albanese, V. Coccorese, F. Moiabito(Universita'diReggio Calabria, Italy); E. Cardelli, A. Faba, (Universita'di Perugia, Italy); P. Di Barba, A. Savini (Universita' di Pavia, Italy); A. Formisano, R. Martone (SecondaUniversita' di Napoli, Italy); G. Rubinacci, A. Tamburrino, S. Ventre (Universita' di Cassino, Italy); A. Stella, F.Trevisan (Universita' di Udine, Italy) 270

Simultaneous EEG - MRI recordings with metallic electrodes and leads: computed Specific Absorption Ratevalues on high-resolution head modelL. M. Angelone, A. Potthast, F. Segonne, S. Iwaki, J. Belliveau and G. Bonmassar (AthinoulaA. Martinos Centerfor Biomedical Imaging, USA) 271

3D Microwave imaging using polarized fieldsA. Bulyshev, S. Semenov, V. Posukh, Y. Sizov, A. Souvorov (Carolinas Medical Center, USA) 272

Ultra-Wideband Radar for Remote Measuring of Main Parameters of Patient's Vital ActivityI. Y. Immoreev, S. V. Samkov (Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia) 273

Estimation of electromagnetic environment near the high-voltage power autotransformersM. Yu. Belushkin, V. V. Klokov, V. A. Katanaev (Maritime State University, Russia); N. V. Silin, A. B. Popovich(Far Eastern State Technical University, Russia) 274

Design of a helical capacitance sensor with enhanced sensitivityG. Aiello, V. Caruso, E. Dilettoso, N. Salerno (University of Catania, Italy) 275

Analysis of a 3D Eddy Current Device by means of FEM-DBCIG. Aiello, S. Alfonsetti, E. Dilettoso, N. Salerno (University of Catania, Italy) 276

EMF Radiation from a Portable terminalP. Bienkowski (EMEnvironment Protection Lab., Poland) 277

Session 31Surface Plasmon Photonics 278

Plasmon and Cherenkov excitations by fast electronsF. J. Garcia de Abajo (Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain); N. Yamamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology,Japan) 279

An Impedance Boundary Condition for a Two-Dimensional Randomly Rough Surface that is Satisfied on aPlanar SurfaceA. A. Maradudin (University of California Irvine, USA); J. A. Sanchez-Gil (Consejo Superior de InvestigacionesCientificas, Spain) 280

Structured Surfaces Spoof Surface PlasmonsJ. B. Pendry (Imperial College London, UK); F. J. Garcia-Vidal (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain); L.Martin-Moreno (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) 281

Localized polaritonic resonances observed by near-field optical microscopyR. Hillenbrand (Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, Germany) 282

Conductance matters for transmission of microwaves through a sub-wavelength metallic slitJ. R. Suckling, M. J. Lockyear, A. P. Hibbins, J. R. Sambles (Exeter University, UK); C. R. Lawrence (QinetiQ,UK) 283

Surface Plasmons and Bessel BeamsJ. B. Pendry, W. B. Williams (Imperial College, UK) 284

Coherent thermal emission of light and resonant transmission by tungsten gratings supporting surface-plasmon polaritonsM. Laroche, R. Carminati, F. Marquier, J. J. Greffet (Ecole Centrale Paris CNRS, France) 285

CW and Pulsed Surface-Plasmon Polariton Scattering by Defects on Metal Surfaces: Applications inNanoOpticsJ. A. Sanchez-Gil (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain); A. A. Maradudin (University ofCalifornia Irvine, USA) 286

Second-harmonic generation by arrays of two-dimensional metallic nanoparticlesE. R. Mendez (Fisica Aplicada - CICESE, Mexico); C. I. Valencia (CCMC - UN AM, Mexico); B. S. Mendoza(CIO, Mexico) 287

Enhanced Millimeter Wave Transmission Through Quasioptical Subwavelength Patterned StructuresM. Beruete, M. Sorolla (UniversidadPublica deNavarra, Spain); I. Campillo, J. Sanchez (Labein CentroTecnologico, Spain); L. Martin-Moreno (Universidadde Zaragoza, Spain); F. J. Garcia-Vidal (UniversidadAutonoma de Madrid, Spain) 288

Extraordinary Optical Properties of Nanostructured metalsL. Martin-Moreno (Universidad de Zaragoza Spain) F. J. Garcia-Vidal (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Spain) 289

Surface-plasmon band-gaps observed in the speckle pattern of a highly conducting microrough gratingR. Depine, S. Ledesma (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) 290

Optical response and optical bistability in metallic gratings containing nonlinear materialsJ. A. Porto, F. J. Garcia-Vidal (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain); L. Martin-Moreno (Universidad deZaragoza, Spain) 291

Squeezing millimetre waves into micronsA. P Hibbins, J. R. Sambles (University of Exeter, UK); C. R. Lawrence, J. R Brown (QinetiQ Ltd, UK) 292

Optical Ridge Waveguides for High Transmission, Sub-wavelength Optical SpotsD. D. Stancil, A. Itagi, F. Chen, T. E. Schlesinger (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) 293

Giant local optical field Enhancement in single apertures in semicontinous metal filmsA. K. Sarychev, V. M. Shalaev (Purdue University, USA); K. Seal (Northwestern University, USA); Z. Charles

Ying (NIST, USA); D. J. Bergman (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 294

Session 26 bNovel Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetics 295

Computationally Efficient, Hybrid Ray-Mode Expansion for the Green's Function in an Electrically LargeCircular CavityM. Albani, G. La Cono, R. Gardelli (University of Messina, Italy); A. Freni (University of Florence, Italy) 296

The Adaptive Body Fitted Grid Generation Method with Moving Boundaries and the ApplicationM. Kuroda (Tokyo University of Technology, Japan) 297

Diffraction of Two Dimensional High Frequency Electromagnetic Waves by a Locally Perturbed Two PartImpedance PlaneM. Idemen (Isik University, Turkey); A. Alkumru (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey) 298

Radar Cross-Section of Partially Convex Targets with Large Sizes in Random MediaH. El-Ocla (Lakehead University, Canada); M. Tateiba (Kyushu University, Japan) 299

Excitation of Lateral Waves from an Object Buried in a Lossy Half-spaceF. Bertoncini, G. Manara, P. Nepa (University of Pisa, Italy) 300

Conversion of PO radiation from NURBS surfaces into contour line integrationA. Pippi, S. Delia Casa, S. Maci (University of Siena, Italy) 301

The Path from Perturbed Harmonic Oscillator to Advanced Computational ElectromagneticsAli R. Baghai-Wadji (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) 302

Effect of Trace Subdivision on the Computation of Power Spectral DensitiesE. Marx (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) 303

Wave propagation through left-handed layered mediaM. W. Feise, I. V. Shadrivov, Yu. S. Kivshar (Australian National University, Australia) 304

An Incremental Theory of Diffraction formulation for local circular and elliptic cylindersR. Tiberio, A. Toccafondi, A. Pippi (University of Siena, Italy) 305

Transient Scattering of Waves from Perfectly Conducting Half-plane in Dispersive Medium: Field-StateApproachT. Sengor (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey) 306

Numerical Calculation of Periodic Waveguide by FDTD Method Based on Floquet's TheoremT. Shibazaki, I. Matsuda (Tokyo Metropolitan College of Technology, Japan); T. Kinosita (Tokyo Institute ofPolytechnics, Japan) 307

A Review of Narrow-Waisted Quasi-Ray Gaussian Beam Techniques for Efficient Forward and InverseScattering ModelingV. Galdi (University ofSannio, Italy); L. B. Felsen (Boston University, USA) 308

Electromagnetic Characteristics of Micro Fabry-Perot Resonator Consisting of Dielectric StructuresY. Miyazaki (Aichi University of Technology, Japan) 309

A 2-Dimensional Analysis of Schumann Resonances by the Finite Difference MethodY. Ando, M. Hayakawa (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan) 310

Simulation Analysis of Radio Propagation in Big Areas using a Parallel FDTD Algorithm for BroadbandWireless CommunicationY. Miyazaki (Aichi University of Technology, Japan); G. Rodriguez, N. Goto (Toyohashi University ofTechnology, Japan) 311

Session 39Randomly Rough Surface and Volume Scattering, Phenomena and Application 312

Phase statistics for propagation of coherent radiationD. Wright, E. Jakeman, K. I. Hopcraft (University of Nottingham, UK); K. D. Ridley (Qinetiq, UK) 313

A graded index approach to surface scattering and emissionE. Jakeman, K. I. Hopcraft (University of Nottingham, UK); D. L. Jordan (Qinetiq, UK) 314

Ray tracing in absorbing mediaP. C. Y. Chang, J. G. Walker, K. I. Hopcraft (University of Nottingham, UK) 315

Wave Structure Function in Moderate Turbulence: Theory and SimulationS. M. Watson (Kennedy Space Center, USA); C. Y. Young, C. J. Subich (University of Central Florida, USA) 316

Scattering by rough surfaces at low grazing incidence and surface wavesA. Soubret (Harvard University, USA); G. Berginc (Thales Optronique, France) 317

HH/VV polarization ratio for signals backscattered from 2-D smooth surfacesI. M. Fuks (Zel Technologies, USA) 318

Analysis and prediction of laser scattering from arbitrarily shaped objects with rough surfacesG. Berginc (Thales Optronique, France) 319

Electromagnetic scattering by one-dimensional rough layers: fast numerical methodsN. D6champs, C. Bourlier, N. de Beaucoudrey, S. Toutain (Universite de Nantes, France) 320

Scattering by rough surfaces Parametric formulation of the Curvilinear Coordinate MethodG. Granet, K. Edee, J. P. Plumey (Lasmea, UMR CNRS, France); R. Dusseaux (Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France) 321

Validity of Backscattering Models for Gaussian and Power-law Rough SurfacesK. F. Warnick, F. W. Millet, D. V. Arnold (Brigham Young University, USA) 322

Fluorescence optical diffusion tomography taking into account the absorption distributionA. Soubret, V. Ntziachristos (Harvard University USA) 323

Localization of waves in random media with anisotropic disorderG. Samelsohn, V. Freilikher (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) 324

Multiple scattering calculations for diffuse radiation intensity propagating through an inhomogeneousmediumF. Curiel (Centro de Investigacion en Polimeros, Mexico); R. G. Barrera (UniversidadNacional Autonoma deMexico) 325

Session 13Electromagnetic Field Coupling to Transmission Lines: Treatment of Radiation 326

A Thorougly Field-Theoretic Approach to the Transmission Line Equations for Lossless MulticonductorTransmission LinesA. Reibiger (Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany) 327

Reduced Coupling of Electromagnetic Waves to Transmission Lines Due to Radiation EffectsD. A. Larrabee (East Stroudsburg University, USA) 328

Time Domain Modeling of Electromagnetic Field Coupling to Multiple Transmission Lines Based on theWire Antenna TheoryD. Poljak, S. Antonijevic (Department of Electronics, Croatia) 329

A simple model for estimation of radiation loss in high-frequency interconnects with homogeneous dielectricA. Maffucci, F. Villone (Universita di Cassino, Italy); G. Miano (Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Italy) 330

Electromagnetic coupling to a finite length lineS. Falco, L. Verolino (Universita Federico II di Napoli, Italy); F. Schettino (Universita di Cassino, Italy) 331

An iterative approach for the analysis of high-frequency current wave propagation along non-uniformtransmission linesS. Tkachenko, J. Nitsch (Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany); F. Rachidi (Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology, Switzerland) 332

Full-Maxwell analysis of loaded multiconductor linesM. Rossi (University ofGenova, Italy) 333

A Transmission Line Model for Radiated Susceptibility of Wiring Harness in Closed EnvironmentsG. Spadacini, S. A. Pignari (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); F. Marliani (European Space Research and TechnologyCentre, The Netherlands); F. Canavero (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) 334

Electromagnetic Field Coupling to a Loaded Transmission Line inside a Rectangular CavityS. Tkachenko, F. Gronwald, J. Nitsch (Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany) 335

The Effect of Electromagnetic Coupling on Microstrip Filters in Enclosures Using a Hybrid FE-BI/SPICEApproachJ. Fortinberry, E. Topsakal (Mississippi State University, USA) 336

Optimization of microstrip patch Antenna by using Photonic Crystal structureA. Sabouni, M. S. Abrishamian (K. N. Toosi university of Technology, Iran) 337

Session 50Properties of Metamaterial Elements 338

2D metamaterial with a hexagonal structure: magneto-inductive wavesA. Zhuromskyy, E. Shamonina (University of Osnabrueck, Germany); L. Solymar (Imperial College of Science,Technology and Medicine, UK) 339

Simulation of magneto-inductive and transverse electromagnetic waves in a one-dimensional array of Split-Ring ResonatorsM. Shamonin (University of Applied Sciences, Germany); E. Shamonina (University of Osnabrueck, Germany); L.Solymar (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK) 340

Free-space Time-domain Investigation of Left-handed MetamaterialsJiann-Shing Lih, Jyh-Long Chern (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) 341

Resonant field enhancement from metal nanoparticle arraysV. M. Shalaev, D. A. Genov, A. K. Sarychev, A. Wei (Purdue University, USA) 342

Session 66Time Domain Methods and Wavelet Based Techniques 343

FDTD Model of Coated Conductors and Semiconductors Based on Impedance Boundary ConditionsM. K. Karkkainen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland) 344

A Discontinuous Galerkin method for the time-domain solution of 3D Maxwell's equations on non-conforming locally refined gridsS. Piperno, L. Fezoui (CERMCS-INRIA, France); N. Canouet, C. Dedeban (France Telecom R&D, France) 345

Fast Calculation of Time Domain Effective Height of Ultra-wide Band Aperture AntennasM. Ciattaglia, G. Marrocco (Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata ", Italy) 346

Multiresolution Time-Domain Approaches for the Design and Optimization of RF ModulesN. Bushyager, D. Staiculescu, M. M. Tentzeris (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 347

Approximation Errors Using Time Domain Surface Impedance Boundary Conditions in Eddy CurrentProblemsS. Barmada (University of Pisa, Italy); L. Di Rienzo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); N. Ida (The University ofAkron, USA); S. Yuferev (Nokia Mobile Phones, Finland) 348

Development of time-domain models for nondestructive testingN. Ida, R. Ciocan (The University of Akron, USA) 349

On Using Finite-Differences in Optical Pulse Propagation ModelingS. Zentner Pilinsky, Z. Sipus (University of Zagreb, Croatia); L. Sumichrast (Slovak University of Technology,Slovakia) 350

A Wavelet Based Approach to Space Charge Calculations for Charged Particle BeamsG. Poplau, U. van Rienen (Universitat Rostock, Germany); B. S. van der Geer (TUEindhoven, The Netherlands);M. J. de Loos (Pulsar Physics, The Netherlands) 351

Session 56Applied Superconductivity 352

Electromagnetic Analysis of Resistive Transition in Superconducting CablesL. Bottura (CERN, Switzerland); F. Villone (Univ. di Cassino, Italy); W. Zamboni (Univ. Napoli "Federico II",Italy) 353

Selected results of conductor R&D from the SULTAN test facilityP. Bruzzone (CRPP-EPFL, Switzerland) 354

Current Distribution Measurement in CICC CablesA. Formisano, R. Martone (Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy) 355

Effect of winding impregnation on I-V curves and thermal runaway of Bi-2223/Ag winding cooled by liquidnitrogenM. Polak, J. Kvitkovic (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia) 356

Development of HTS Coils for Power ApplicationsA. Matrone, M. Ariante, V. Cavaliere, M. Mariani, G. Masullo, E. Petrillo, R. Quarantiello (CRIS, Italy) 357

Session 59Workshop on Magnetic Materials in Biomedical Applications and Biomedical Sensors 358

A Microsystem for Urodynamic MonitoringN. Viarani, M. Gottardi, A. Simoni (ITC-irst, Italy) 359

Miniaturisation of Cardiovascular DevicesTh. Kink, H. Reul (Helmholtz - Institute, Germany) 360

Current Control Concepts for Left Ventricular Assist DevicesB. MuBmann, H. Reul (Helmholtz - Institute, Germany) 361

2-Channel Rehabilitation ImplantO. Chevalerias, S. O'Reilly, J. Alderman (NMRC, Ireland) 362

Design of a system for continuous intraocular pressure monitoringR. Giannetti, S. Lizon Martinez, J. L. Rodriguez Marrero (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain); B. Tellini(Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italy) 363

Radiofrequency thermal ablation in liver: a study protocol for new cathetersM. G. Trivella (CNR, Italy); M. Maltese (Invatec Italia S.r.l, Italy); S. Rossi (Policlinico S. Matteo Pavia, Italy) 364

The Experimental Lab: a key point for the validation of implantable microsensorsS. Burchielli, G. Barsotti, F. Bernini, D. Magnozzi, A. Piersigilli, L. Taddei, M. G. Trivella (CNR, Italy) 365

Perspectives of micro-sensors and nano-devices in cardiovascular diseasesP. Chiarelli, M. Trivella, C. Domenici (CNR, Italy) 366

Biomedical applications of fluxgate sensorsP. Ripka (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic) 367

Neural response telemetry in Nucleus 24 CI users: preliminary resultsS. Berrettini, F. Forli (University of Pisa, Italy) 368

Development and Characterisation of Surface Chemistry for Covalent Binding of Biological MoleculesC. Pederzolli, R. Canteri, A. Lui, L. Lunelli, L. Pasquardini, G. Speranza, M. Vinante, M. Anderle (Centroper laRicerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Italy) 369

Telemetric Cortisol in vivo BiosensorP. J. Gebicke-Haerter, A. Blau, C. Ziegler (University of Heidelberg, Germany) 370

Enzymatic activities of the transport electron chain in brain of mice exposed to ELF-MFB. Ribas, M. Perez Calvo, J. Gonzalez Rodriguez, E. Vizan Suafia (Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain); E. L. B.Novelli (Campus de Botucatu, Brasil) 371

Some data on the exposure of rats with overload of Hg, Pb and Cd to microwave 2.45 GHzO. Garcia Arribas, B. Ribas, M. Perez Calvo (Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain); J. L. Sebastian, J. M. Miranda,S. Mufioz (Complutense University, Spain) 372

Semiconductor chemical and biochemical sensorsW. Torbicz, D. G. Pijanowska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) 373

Advanced Electromagnetic Compatibility Concepts and Activities for Environmental and BiomedicalApplicationsJ. A. Bracco, P. Burrascano, E. Cardelli, A. Faba, A. Massinelli, M. Pompei, E. Raschi (University of Perugia,Italy) 374

BEM Analysis and Realistic Modeling of the Electric Field Induced During Magnetic Stimulation of theCentral Nervous SystemC. M. Arturi, L. Di Rienzo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); M. Parazzini, P. Ravazzani (CNR, Italy) 375

Session 19Compact Modeling of On-Chip Passive Structures at High Frequencies 376

Design and Characterization of Benchmark StructuresE. Seebacher, G. Rappitsch, Z. Huszka, W. Pflanzl, K. Molnar (Austriamicrosystems AG, Austria); M. Stucchi(IMEC, Belgium) 111

Investigation of Different Maxwell's Solvers' Performance on another Representation of Yee CellsE. Shcherbakov, W. Schilders (Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands) 378

EM-based equivalent circuit model generation for time domain simulationJ. Niehof, P. Heres, R. Janssen (Philips Research Laboratories, The Netherlands) 379

The MAGWEL high-frequency device solverE. Janssens, P. Meuris, W. Schoenmaker, M. Verschaeve (MAGWEL, Belgium) 380

The CODESTAR ProjectE. Janssens, P. Meuris, W. Schoenmaker, M. Verschaeve (MAGWEL, Belgium) 381

Equivalent Circuits of Linear Order for Electromagnetic Field ProblemsD. loan, C. Ciobotaru (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania) 382

FIT Models with Frequency Dependent Hodge Operators for HF Effects in Metallic ConductorsD. loan, M. Piper (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania) 383

FDTD cell homogenization based on dual FITD. loan, M. Radulescu (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania) 384

Small equivalent circuits for thick conductors using PEECM. E. Verbeek (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) 385

Practical issues of Model Order Reduction with Krylov-subspace methodsP. Heres (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands); W. Schilders (Philips Research Laboratory, TheNetherlands) 386

Robust Laguerre-SVD reduced order modelling of 3D FDTD systemsG. Lippens, D. De Zutter (Ghent University, Belgium) 387

The Integration of Libraries in the NumLab Visual Programming environment for Electro-MagneticsJ. Maubach, R. Rook (Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands) 388

Session 36Computational Optics for Ultra - Dense Treatment of Field Lights 389

Modelling of extended photonic crystal devices using scattering matrix techniquesL. C. Botten (University of Technology, Australia); T. P. White (University of Sydney, Australia); A. A. Asatryan,T. N. Langtry (University of Technology, Australia); R. C. McPhedran, C. M. de Sterke (University of Sydney,Australia) 390

Modeling of microstructured optical fibers using a multipole methodD. Maystre, G. Renversez (Faculte de St Jerome, France); B. Kuhlmey, R. C. Me Phedran, L. C. Botten,(University of Sydney, Australia) 391

Combination of the scattering matrix theory and the fictitious sources method for the efficient solving ofcomplex 2D problemsG. Tayeb, S. Enoch (Faculte de St Jerome, France) 392

Computation of radiation leakage in photonic crystal waveguidesJ. Smajic, Ch. Hafher, K. Rauscher, D. Erni (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) 393

Improved transmission for 60° photonic crystal waveguide bendsK. Rauscher, D. Erni, J. Smajic, Ch. Hafher (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) 394

MAS and MMP simulations of photonic crystal devicesD. Karkashadze, R. Zaridze, A. Bijamov (Tbilisi State University, Georgia); Ch. Hafher, J. Smajic, D. Erni(Laboratory for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Electronics ETH, Switzerland) 395

Radiative properties of emitters in the vicinity of nano-objectsL. Rogobete, V. Sandoghdar (Laboratorium fur Physikalische Chemie, Switzerland); C. Henkel (UniversitatPotsdam, Germany). 396

Modeling of photon scanning tunneling microscopy by 2D quadridirectional eigenmode expansionM. Hammer (University ofTwente, The Netherlands) 397

Evanescent wave scattering and local electric field enhancement at ellipsoidal silver particles in theproximity of a glass surfaceJ. Renger, I. Hellmann, S. Grafstrom (University of Technology, German); V. Deckert (Institute ofSpectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Germany); L. M. Eng (University of Technology, German). 398

Apertureless SNOM with vibrating AFM probesR. Vogelgesang, R. Esteban, A. Bek, K. Kern (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany) 399

Optimal enhancement of near fields at apertureless SNOM probesR. Esteban, R. Vogelgesang, A. Bek, K. Kern (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany) 400

Enhanced transmission and beaming of light via photonic crystal surface modesE. Moreno (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Switzerland); F. J. Garcia-Vidal (Universidad Autonomade Madrid, Spain), L. Martin-Moreno (ICMA-CSIC Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) 401

Session 43Interconnects Modeling and Design for High Speed Information and Communication

Systems 402

Modal multiplexing in highly overmoded optical waveguidesD. Lenz, B. Rankov, D. Erni, W. Bachtold, A. Wittneben (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH,Switzerland) 403

A New Passive Model for Transient Analysis of Multiconductor Transmission LinesG. Antonini, G. Ferri (University ofL 'Aquila, Italy) 404

Shielded Cable Circuit Models for Data Transmission with External DisturbancesS. Caniggia (Italtel S.p.A., Italy); F. Maradei (Univ. of Rome "La Sapienza ", Italy) 405

Recent developments of transmission line models for interconnectsA. Maffucci, F. Villone (Universita di Cassino, Italy); G. Miano (Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Italy) 406

Low Losses in Multiconductor Transmission Lines: Perturbations MethodJ. Aspas Puertolas, G. Akoun (EADS CRC, France); F. Dubois (CNAM, France) 407

Modeling Interconnects Discontinuities in the Wavelet DomainS. Barmada, M. Raugi (University of Pisa, Italy); R. Araneo, S. Celozzi (University of Rome "La Sapienza ", Italy) 408

Full-wave analysis of shielded coupled microstrip lines of finite thicknessM. Lucido, G. Panariello, F. Schettino (Universita di Cassino, Italy) 409

Efficient Optimization of High Speed Interconnects using Parameterized Model Reduction TechniquesA. Jerome, S. K. Roy, P. Gunupudi, M. Nakhla (Carleton University, Canada) 410

Crosstalk Estimation in Coupled Microstrip LinesD. Bellan, S. A. Pignari (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); A. Musolino, M. Raugi (University of Pisa, Italy) 411

PCB edge board effects on differential high speed transmission linesA. Argouarch, T. Zak (Thales Airborne System Brest, France); M. Drissi (IETR CNRS, France) 412

Interconnects modeling and design for high speed information and communication systemsW. Kim, R. Madhavan, M. Swaminathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 413

Session 47Novel Nanooptics 414

Negative Refraction, Negative Space?J. B. Pendry (Imperial College London, UK) 415

Surface Plasmon Toy Black HolesI. Smolyaninov (University of Maryland, USA) 416

Polarization properties of metallic nanohole arraysE. Altewischer, M. P. van Exter, C. Genet, J. P. Woederman (Leiden University, The Netherlands) 417

Optical forces on arbitrary shaped nano- and micro-particlesC. Rockstuhl, H. P. Herzig (University ofNeuchdtel, Switzerland) 418

Definition and measurement of the Local Density of electromagnetic States close to an interfaceK. Joulain (ENSMA, France); R. Carminati, J. P. Mulet, J. J. Greffet (Ecole Centrale Paris, CNRS, France) 419

Single-molecule fluorescence enhancement by resonant metallic tips and nanoparticlesM. Thomas, R. Carminati, J. J. Greffet (Ecole Centrale Paris, CNRS, France) 420

Friction arising from thermal fluctuating fieldsJ. R. Zurita-Sanchez, L. Novotny (University of Rochester, USA); J.-J. Greffet (Ecole Centrale Paris, France) 421

Diffraction Control and Enhanced Transmission through Subwavelength AperturesT. W. Ebbesen (Universite Louis Pasteur, France) 422

Localized eigenstates of the electromagnetic field: Beyond the quasi-static regimeD. J. Bergman, X. Li (Tel Aviv University, Israel); M. I. Stockman (Georgia State University, USA) 423

Coherent interactions in hybrid metal nanoparticlesG. P. Wiederrecht, G. A. Wurtz, S. K. Gray, J. Seo Im, J. Hranisavljevic (Chemistry Division and Center forNanoscale Materials, USA) 424

Self-Similar Chain of Metal Nanospheres: Efficient Nanolens and SpaserM. I. Stockman (Georgia State University, USA); D. J. Bergman, X. Li (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 425

Metal Nanoshells: Tunable Substrates for Enhanced SpectroscopiesG. Goodrich, N. J. Halas, J. Jackson (Rice University, USA) 426

Session 41Recent Advances in the Modeling of Wave Propagation and Scattering Phenomena 427

Perfectly Matched Layers for the solution of time harmonic diffraction problems in waveguidesE. Becache (INRIA, France); A. S. Bonnet-Ben Dhia, G. Legendre (CNRS, France) 428

Simulation of Large-Scale Dense Medium Scattering Problem Using the Characteristic Basis FunctionMethodK. F. Chan, C. H. Chan (City University of Hong Kong, China) 429

Time reversal and interferometric imaging in random mediaC. Tsogka, G. Papanicolaou (Stanford University, USA); L. Borcea (Rice University, USA) 430

Improvement of FDTD codes for EMC applicationsA. Reineix, C. Guiffaut (Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, France) 431

Analysis of Anisotropic Waveguides Using Higher-Mixed-Order Finite ElementsA. V. Brovko (Saratov State University, Russia); G. A. Kyriacou (Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Greece) 432

A Comparison of Different Time-Domain Techniques for Wave Propagation ProblemsM. Cinalli, F. Edelvik, R. Schuhmann, T. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 433

An Explicit Time Domain Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Maxwell's EquationsP. Monk (University of Delaware, USA) 434

Short-Pulse TD Vertex Diffraction at a tip of a PyramidF. Capolino (University of Siena, Italy); M. Albani (University of Messina, Italy) 435

Homogenization of non-homogeneous cells in Yee-like methodsA. Bossavit (LGEP-CNRS, France) 436

On Hidden-Face Removal in High-Frequency Boundary Integral EquationsB. L. Michielsen (ONERA, France) 437

Session 4Artificial Neural Networks for Electronics and Electromagnetics 438

Some New Neural Techniques for the Parameter Identification of Lumped ModelsA. Luchetta, S. Manetti, L. Pellegrini, G. Pelosi, S. Selleri (University of Florence, Italy) 439

Complex Dynamics in Weakly Coupled Cellular Neural NetworksM. Di Marco, M. Forti (University of Siena, Italy); A. Tesi (University of Florence, Italy) 440

Advanced Simulation of Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Artificial Neural NetworksA. Toscano, L. Vegni (Universita Roma Tre, Italy) 441

Neural Network Approaches to EM Modeling and OptimizationQ. J. Zhang (University of Ottawa, Canada) 442

Microwave remote sensing of the atmosphere by neural networksF. Del Frate, G. Schiavon (Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy) MS

Tectonic activity parameters estimation by sar interferometry and neural networksF. Del Frate, G. Schiavon (Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy); S. Stramondo (Istituto Nazionale diGeofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy) 444

An electromagnetic supervised learning approach for application to the radar sensing of buried objectsS. Caorsi, G. Cevini (University ofPavia Italy) 445

Session 60Electromagnetic Compatibility 446

The Affecting Threshold of Cardiac Pacemakers Exposed to Electromagnetic Field from Cellular BaseStation AntennasR. Kubacki, J. Sobiech (Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Poland); M. Wnuk (Military University ofTechnology, Poland); A. Krawczyk (Electrotechnical Institute, Poland) 447

Electromagnetic Fields from Devices, Installations, and Systems in Protection of Humans in OccupationalEnvironmentH. Aniolczyk (Nofer 's Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland) 448

Analysis of Pulse Modulated Electromagnetic Fields in Biological StructuresJ. Kieliszek, R. Kubacki (Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Poland) 449

Dual - Band Antenna with Minimalization of Radiation Towards HeadM. Wnuk (Military University of Technology, Poland); R. Kubacki (Military Institute of Hygiene andEpidemiology, Poland) 450

Session 52Numerical Methods Innovations for Diffractive Optics 451

Computational Issues in the Simulation of Reflective Interactions in Integrated Photonic ComponentsP. Sewell, T. M. Benson, A. Vukovic, D. Djurdjevic, J. Wykes (The University of Nottingham, UK) 452

Hybrid mode finder for waveguides with a 2D cross-sectionP. Bienstman (Ghent University, Belgium) 453

Solving the 3D Helmholtz Equation by Complex Jacobi IterationG. R. Hadley (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) 454

Efficient Optoelectronic Component Synthesis Exploiting Parallel ArchitecturesT. M. Benson, C. Styan, A. Vukovic, P. Sewell (University of Nottingham, UK) 455

New discretisation scheme for frequency domain electromagneticsL. Bolla (University ofUdine, Italy); T. Felici (LambdaTek) 456

Analysis of Losses in 2D Photonic Crystal Waveguides with Weak and Strong Vertical Confinement Usingthe 3D FDTD MethodM. J. Cryan, I. J. Craddock, S. Yu, J. Rorison, C. J. Railton (University of Bristol, UK) 457

Mode Matching Methods for Photonic Crystal Field CalculationsA. S. Sudb0 (University of Oslo, Norway) 458

Determining the band structures of photonic crystals with the method of linesS. F. Helfert (Fern Universitat in Hagen, Germany) 459

Session 11Fast Solvers for Maxwell's Equations 460

A Fast AMG Solver for Electromagnetic Finite Edge-Element Analyses on Shared Memory ParallelComputersT. Mifune, T. Iwashita, M. Shimasaki (Kyoto University, Japan) 461

Multigrid for Harmonic 3D Eddy Current AnalysisB. WeiB, O. Biro (Graz University of Technology, Austria) 462

Investigations on the Iterative Solution of Complex Symmetric Systems arising in Electro-QuasistaticU. Schreiber, U. van Rienen (Rostock University, Germany) 463

A Self-Adaptive Geometric Multi-Level Finite Element Method for Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic FieldsV. Hill, O. Farle, R. Dyczij-Edlinger (Saarland University, Germany) 464

Divergence Removing Multigrid Smoothers for the Curl-Curl Equations of the Discrete ElectromagnetismM. Clemens, S. Feigh, T. Weiland (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany) 465

Algebraic Multigrid Methods for Eddy Current SimulationS. Reitzinger, J. Schoeberl, F. Bachinger (Johannes Kepler University, Austria) 466

High performance computation of lossy eigenvalue problems arising from Maxwell's equationsW. Koch, S. Reitzinger, P. Thoma, T. Weiland (CST GmbH, Germany) 461

An eddy current boundary element model for current densities which are prescribed on contactsJ. Breuer, O. Steinbach, W. L. Wendland (University of Stuttgart, Germany) 468

Numerical method applied to the antenna-satellite interactionsN. Bartoli, F. Collino (CERFACS, France) 469

Fast 3D Finite Element - Boundary Element Analysis of Induction Heaters with Passive and ActiveShieldingR. V. Sabariego, J. Gyselinck, P. Dular (University of Liege, Belgium); P. Sergeant, L. Dupre, J. Melkebeek (GhentUniversity, Belgium) 470

A MLFM algorithm for solving imperfectly conducting problemsF. Collino, F. Millot (CERFA CS, France) 471

Poster Session P3 472

Correlation function of semiconductor detectorsA. V. Siniavski (Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia) 414

Advances in three dimensional electromagnetic modeling and inversionG. Newman (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) 475

HF Radar Signatures of Wave Triad and Tetrad InteractionsS. J. Anderson, W. C. Anderson (DSTO, Australia) 476

Imaging 3D Volcanic Structures Underwater by Natural-Field Electromagnetic MeasurementsD. Patella, A. Troiano, M. G. Di Giuseppe (University Federico II, Italy); Z. Petrillo (Vesuvian Observatory, Italy) 477

The Localization of Surface Plasmon Polaritons on a One-Dimensional Randomly Rough Metal SurfaceT. A. Leskova, A. A. Maradudin (University of California Irvine, USA); E. R. Mendez (Centra de InvestigacionCientificay de Educacion Superior de Ensenada, Mexico); W. Zierau (University ofMuenster, Germany) 478

Simulating Microwave Emission in the 1-37 GHz band from Ice Sheet at Dome-C in AntarcticaM. Tedesco, G. Macelloni, P. Pampaloni (IFAC-CNR, Firenze) 479

Soil Parameter Retrieval from Backscattering Measurements by using a Bayesian Approach combined withIEM simulationsS. Paloscia, E. Santi, S. Pettinato (CNR-IFAC, Italy) 480

Terahertz Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube FilmsC. Kang, J.-H. Son (University of Seoul, Korea); T. I. Jeon (Korea Maritime University, Korea) 481

Spectral instability of bounded waveguide-type electron systems as an origin for the metal-insulatortransition in two-dimensional random mediaYu. V. Tarasov (Institute for Radiophysics & Electronics NASU, Ukraine) 482

Generation of heterogeneous materials and roughness in the FDTD method. Application to buried objectsradargrams representationS. Besse, C. Guiffaut, A. Reineix (IRCOM, France) 483

Advanced methods of 3-D EM imaging, inversion and recognition of the subsurface target parametersV. Spichak (Geoelectromagnetic Research Institute RAS, Russia) 484

The use of Finite Element in Microwave HeatingT. Maghiar, T. Leuca, C. Molnar, L. Bandici (University ofOradea, Romania) 485

Enhancement of the polar Kerr effect in multilayer systems (magnetophotonic crystals)A. P. Vinogradov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia); S. G. Yerokhin, A. B. Granovskii (Moscow StateUniversity, Russia); M. Inoue (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan) 486

Linear, non-linear and joint inversion of electromagnetic data in geophysical model optimizationS. K. Verma (National Geophysical Research Institute, India); S. P. Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology, India) 487

The study of the drying of wood in a microwave fieldT. Leuca, L. Bandici, C. Molnar (University ofOradea, Romania) 488

3D EM Modeling Using Fast Integral Equation Approach. Review of Recent AdvancesD. Avdeev, A. Kuvshinov, O. Pankratov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) 489

High-Resolution Scatterometer Measurements and Scientific ApplicationsW. T. Liu, W. Tang X. Xie (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA) 490

Attenuation of Electromagnetic Waves by Vegetation CanopiesA. A. Chukhlantsev, A. M. Shutko, S. P. Golovachev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) 491

Internal Quantum Efficiency of InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well for Light-Emitting DiodeA. Sasaki, S. Shibakawa, S. Kataoka (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan); Y. Narukawa, T. Mukai(Nichia Corporation, Japan) 492

Experimental Study of the HF Signal Variation During Solar Proton EventsY. V. Goncharenko, V. G. Gutnik, F. V. Kiwa (Usikov Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS of Ukraine,Ukraine) 493

Multi-stage Adaptive Weight Parallel Interference Cancellation in Time Hopping Multi-Access UWBCommunication SystemsK. M. Chow, M. K. Lee, S. W. Leung (City University of Hong Kong, China) 494

Mesoscopic effects in the propagation of photons in random mediaE. Akkermans (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) 495

Renormalization of the Dyson's equation for the volume scattering problemJ. L. Alvarez-Perez (DLR, Germany) 496

Development of Neural Net Based Models for Ionospheric Effects in Radio Systems for CommunicationsRadar and PositioningY. Tulunay (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); E. Tulunay, E. Tiirker Senalp (Middle East TechnicalUniversity, Turkey) 497

Propagation Delay, Random media and Wireless CommunicationsR. Talhi, M. Pyee (C.N.R.S-L.P.C.E, France); CH. Kuo (Ming Chi Institute of Technology, Taiwan) 498

Joint FDTD forward simulation/real data inversion for cross hole GPR processingC. Camerlynck, F. Rejiba (Universite Pierre-et-Marie Curie Paris, France) 499

Global Forward simulation approach for GPR: a "FDTD-SUPML-ADE" OpenMP/MPI implementationC. Camerlynck, F. Rejiba (Universite Pierre-et-Marie Curie Paris, France) 500

Comparison of HF direction finding experimental results obtained from spatial and antenna diversityarraysG. Le Bouter (Ecole Superieure et d'Application des Transmissions, France); M. Oger, D. Lemur (Institutd'Electronique et de Telecommunications de Rennes, France) 501

Ionospheric scintillations at polar latitude during the space weather months of October-November 2003C. Mitchell (University of Bath, UK); G. De Franceschi, V. Romano, L. Alfonsi (INGV, Italy) 502

Spatial Field-Field and Intensity-Intensity Correlations in Quasi-One-Dimensional WiresG. Cwilich (Yeshiva University, USA) 503

3-D FDTD Simulations of Ground-Penetrating-Radar ScenariosL. Gurel (Bilkent University, Turkey) 504

Poster Session P4 505

Double scattered laser radiation in forward direction and coherent - difference interactionsA. V. Siniavski (Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia) 507

A new High Gain and low profile antenna for small-satellite applicationsE. Arnieri, L. Boccia, G. Amendola, G. Di Massa (Universita della Calabria, Italy) 508

Observability of Nonlinear Contributions to Polarimetric X-band Radar Images of Ship WakesS. J. Anderson, J. Morris (DSTO, Australia) 509

Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitors Modeling in 0.25 \im BiCMOS TechnologyJ.-D. Arnould, P. Benech (IMEP, France); S. Cremer, J. Torres, A. Farcy (STMicroelectronics, France) 510

The Scattering of Light from a Randomly Rough Dielectric Film on a Reflecting SubstrateM. Kretschmann, T. A. Leskova, A. A. Maradudin (University of California Irvine, USA); V. Freilikher (Bar-IlanUniversity, Israel) 511

Radiation from Electric and Magnetic Current Distributions Placed on a Dielettric-Coated ConductiongElliptic CylinderG. Angiulli (University Mediterranea ofReggio Calabria, Italy); G. Amendola, G. Di Massa (University ofCalabria, Italy) 512

Multi element antenna systems for diversity and MIMO terminal devicesM. Karaboikis, C. Soras, V. Papamichael, G. Tsachtsiris, V. Makios (University ofPatras, Greece) 513

Scattering of a Scalar Plane Wave from a Two-Dimensional Rough Circularly Symmetric Dirichlet Surface-The Non-Normal Incidence CaseR. M. Fitzgerald (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA); A. A. Maradudin (University of California Irvine,USA) 514

Studies of the phase-coherent scattering of electromagnetic waves from a random array of resonantdielectric ridges placed upon a dielectric substrateR. M. Fitzgerald (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA); B. Danila, A. R. McGurn (Western MichiganUniversity, USA) 515

Rectangular Hollow Metal Waveguide Compatible NRD Guide Gunn Oscillator at 60GHz BandF. Kuroki, K. Yamaoka (Kure National College of Technology, Japan); T. Yoneyama (Tohoku Institute ofTechnology, Japan) 516

Drift instabilities at the solid-state plasmaA. A. Bulgakov, O. V. Shramkova (Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine) 517

A FuUy Integrated High Linearity Concurrent Triple-