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A general theory of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with isotropic, horizontally layered media 1 (Summary)
Author(s) -
Walsh J.,
Donnelly R.
Publication year - 1987
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 - 10.1029/rs022i004p00545
Subject(s) - isotropy , electromagnetic field , physics , electromagnetic radiation , near and far field , fourier transform , field (mathematics) , electric field , intensity (physics) , mathematical analysis , boundary value problem , function (biology) , source function , boundary (topology) , classical mechanics , optics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , astrophysics , pure mathematics , biology
A general formulation of the problem of determining the electromagnetic field resulting from a finite electromagnetic source placed above a horizontally layered isotropic medium is presented. A solution to the problem is given in terms of two‐dimensional Fourier transforms. The solution has the following properties: the source field is arbitrary, the resulting electric field intensity is found directly as a function of the source field intensity, and the boundary conditions evolve directly from the technique in the form of auxiliary equations.