ON ANALYTIC CONTINUATION OF A CLOSED REGION SOLUTION TO AN OPEN REGION.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the question of whether or not it is possible to derive the solution of an open region problem as a limiting case of a closed region boundary value problem. The particular geometry is that of a bifurcated waveguide which becomes equivalent to a semi-infinite parallel plate waveguide when the top plate recedes to infinity. It will be shown that the expression for the reflection coefficient in the parallel plane bifurcated waveguide may be analytically continued to yield the reflection coefficient in the semi-infinite waveguide radiating into space. The latter problem has been solved by Vainshtein, Marcuvitz, and Noble. The technique described here may prove useful for solving other open region problems such as the launching of surface waves by a semi-infinite waveguide for which the application of Wiener-Hopf Technique is fairly involved. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609857

Entities

People

  • D. S. Karjala
  • Raj Mittra

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Coefficients
  • Geometry
  • Launching
  • Mathematics
  • Reflection
  • Surface Waves
  • Waveguides
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space