Title :
A New Analytical Model of Diffraction by 3D Dielectric Corners
Author :
Massaro, Alessandro ; Pierantoni, Luca ; Cingolani, Roberto ; Rozzi, Tullio
Author_Institution :
Nanotechnol. Lab., Univ. del Salento, Lecce, Italy
Abstract :
We present a novel model of the dielectric cubic corner, that is suitable for inclusion in a standard electromagnetic (EM) simulator. The model starts from a consideration of the equivalent current densities on the cube facets. It proceeds by employing a classical multipole expansion of the Green´s function at the corner and introduces the novel principle of simultaneous transverse resonance diffraction (STRD) in order to determine the order of singularity. The theory is validated by numerical simulations, yielding information about the accuracy of the near field around a 90 deg. dielectric corner.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; electromagnetic wave diffraction; 3D dielectric corners; Green function; diffraction analytical model; multipole expansion; numerical simulations; simultaneous transverse resonance diffraction; standard electromagnetic simulator; Analytical models; Dielectrics; Distributed parameter circuits; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic forces; Equivalent circuits; Finite difference methods; Frequency domain analysis; Transmission line theory; Dielectric wedges; electromagnetic diffraction; multipole expansion;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2009.2024483