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A Modified Reflection Coefficient for Layered Media
Author(s) -
Adams Roy N.
Publication year - 1968
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/rds196833299
Subject(s) - reflection coefficient , reflection (computer programming) , optics , physics , electromagnetic radiation , computational physics , computer science , programming language
The energy leaving an antenna is considered as a series of rays reflected to a distant antenna. Each ray forms many reflected rays at each layer and invariant imbedding is used to study those rays of interest (i.e., rays forming a triangular zone connecting the antennas) and all others are considered lost. The modified reflection coefficient differs by several dB in some cases from the conventional plane‐wave reflection coefficient.