Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by a Periodic Surface with Arbitrary Profile

Abstract

Numerical procedures are developed for the digital solution of the integral equations for the current induced on a perfectly conducting, two- dimensional periodic surface of arbitrary profile when a plane electromagnetic wave is incident. By using Floquet's theorem the range of integration is reduced to a single period, and special summation techniques consisting of a Poisson summation and the subtraction of the dc term are used to improve the convergence of the infinite series representation of the Green's function. The integral equations are then solved numerically using the moment method and an interpolation scheme. Data are obtained for both the surface and far fields for a variety of sinusoidal, full-wave rectified, inverted full-wave rectified and triangular profiles for plane waves of either polarization at oblique as well as normal incidence, and the results are compared with the predictions of physical optics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0747491

Entities

People

  • Thomas B. Senior
  • Tommy C-h. Tong

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Current Density
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy Conservation
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Geometry
  • Integral Equations
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Scattering
  • Standing Waves
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering