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Evaluation of abs(emw.S11)^2 and (emw.S11)^2

Posted Apr 29, 2011, 1:01 p.m. EDT Version 4.1 1 Reply

Peijun Guo
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Just a quick question, why when I use the s parameter to calculate the reflectance, the above two expressions gave slightly different results? They should be exactly the same, right? This really confuses me.
Thanks a lot!
1 Reply Last Post Apr 29, 2011, 4:40 p.m. EDT
Ivar KJELBERG COMSOL Multiphysics(r) fan, retired, former "Senior Expert" at CSEM SA (CH)
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Posted: 1 decade ago Apr 29, 2011, 4:40 p.m. EDT
Hi

not necessarily, at least not if s11 is complex

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Good luck
Ivar
Hi not necessarily, at least not if s11 is complex -- Good luck Ivar

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