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Electromagnetic scattering by an infinite array of truncated metal plates
Author(s) -
Poort Marco D.,
Daniele Vito G.,
Uslenghi Piergiorgio L. E.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/2016rs006229
Subject(s) - scattering , plane (geometry) , mathematical analysis , surface (topology) , boundary value problem , perpendicular , series (stratigraphy) , electromagnetic radiation , phasor , boundary (topology) , domain (mathematical analysis) , plane wave , exact solutions in general relativity , physics , mathematics , geometry , optics , quantum mechanics , paleontology , power (physics) , electric power system , biology
An analytical solution is obtained for the scattering of an arbitrarily polarized plane electromagnetic wave by an infinite number of parallel metal half‐planes perpendicularly truncated by a metal plane. The solution is presented as an infinite series in the phasor domain and is valid everywhere, including near the edges of the parallel plates. The surface current density is then obtained, and numerical results are presented. This novel exact solution is important not only because it expands the catalog of available canonical solutions to boundary value problems but also because it may prove useful in the validation of computer solvers.