Title :
On the depolarization of bodies invariant under a rotation
Author :
Monzon, C. ; Kesler, O.B.
Author_Institution :
Antenna/Nonmetallics Technol. Center, Raytheon Syst. Co., McKinney, TX, USA
Abstract :
It is shown that a body of arbitrary material constitution, but invariant under a fixed rotation, must be periodic and will not depolarize when scattering in the backward or forward directions under linear polarization axial incidence if reciprocal, unless the least angle of invariance is 180/spl deg/. For circular polarization, the result is more general, the body will not depolarize even if it is not reciprocal.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; angle of invariance; circular polarization; depolarization; linear polarization axial incidence; periodic body; scattering; Backscatter; Conducting materials; Constitution; Directive antennas; Frequency selective surfaces; Geometry; Physics; Polarization; Scattering; Senior members;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2000. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6369-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2000.874515
