Electromagnetic Scattering From Cylindrically and Spherically Stratified Bodies

Author: Latham, Raymond Walter

Year: 1968

Degree: Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Papas, Charles Herach

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Electrical Engineering

DOI: 10.7907/QGVG-1464

Abstract

A method is developed for calculating the electromagnetic field scattered by certain types of bodies. The bodies consist of inhomogeneous media whose constitutive parameters vary only with the distance from some axis or point of symmetry. The method consists in an extension of the invariant imbedding method for treating wave problems. This method, which is familiar in the case of a one-dimensional inhomogeneity, is extended to handle special types of two and three-dimensional inhomogeneities. Comparisons are made with other methods which have been proposed for treating these kinds of problems. Examples of applications of the method are given, some of which are of interest in themselves.

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