Scattering from conducting rough surfaces: a general perturbative solution

Author

Vazouras, Christos N. ; Cottis, P.G. ; Kanellopoulos, John D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Athens Nat. Tech. Univ., Greece

Volume

41

Issue

9

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1232

Lastpage

1241

Abstract

The general term of the perturbation series is presented in closed form to treat scattering of horizontally polarized plane incident waves from a perfectly conducting rough surface. The use of the complete perturbation series obtained is illustrated through several examples of deterministic profiles, including the case of gently undulating surfaces (Kirchhoff limit) and the case of periodic gratings. Also, it is shown how specularity of the mean scattered field from statistically homogeneous surfaces can be proved in the present context

Keywords

electromagnetic field theory; electromagnetic wave scattering; perturbation techniques; series (mathematics); Kirchhoff limit; closed form; conducting rough surface scattering; deterministic profiles; gently undulating surfaces; horizontal polarization; mean scattered field; perfectly conducting rough surface; periodic gratings; perturbation series; plane incident waves; specularity; statistically homogeneous surfaces; Boundary conditions; Corrugated surfaces; Gratings; Kirchhoff´s Law; Perturbation methods; Rayleigh scattering; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface treatment; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.247749

Filename

247749