TRANSIENT WAVE PROPAGATION IN AN EXPONENTIAL MEDIUM.

Abstract

Electromagnetic wave propagation in a medium with an exponentially increasing charge density is studied. Both transmitted and reflected fields are found in the case of plane, monochromatic waves. The use of the bilateral Laplace transform allows the transforms of the transmitted and reflected fields to be found in the case of a stepfunction excitation moving with velocity co previous to entering the exponential medium. The reflected and transmitted fields are found explicitly when the Bessel functions obtained as solutions can be expanded asymptotically for small argument. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 24, 1966
Accession Number
AD0629897

Entities

People

  • M. A. Gray

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bessel Functions
  • Charge Density
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Excitation
  • Wave Phenomena
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering