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Electromagnetic scattering from a layer of periodically distributed cylinders
Author(s) -
Li ShuQing,
Chan Chi Hou,
Wang WenBing,
Tsang Leung
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(20000320)24:6<367::aid-mop3>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - scattering , microwave , monte carlo method , codes for electromagnetic scattering by cylinders , ground plane , computational physics , plane (geometry) , dielectric , optics , physics , scattering theory , geometry , mathematics , engineering , telecommunications , antenna (radio) , quantum mechanics , statistics
An electromagnetic scattering model, which accounts for multiple scattering up to the second order, for a layer of periodically distributed cylinders over a dielectric half space is developed. This is based on the second‐order analytical solutions for two adjacent cylinders. By applying the Monte Carlo simulation technique, the results show that the periodic distribution may have great effects on the scattering properties. A layer of cylinders over a ground plane can be used to model some vegetation canopies, and therefore, it is necessary to take the periodic effect into account for the theoretical scattering model of a vegetation canopy. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 24: 367–370, 2000.