A novel coupled T-matrix and microwave network approach is proposed for the multiple scattering from parallel semicircular channels. First, an equivalent network is set up to derive the T-matrix of a single channel, in which the S-parameters are derived for the semicircular boundary and the T-matrix of the inclusive cylinders is served as loading matrix of s-parameters. In addition, the T-matrix of the inclusive cylinders is obtained from the T-matrix of each cylinder in its local coordinates using the addition theorem of cylindrical harmonics. Thus, the T-matrix description of semicircular channels could be obtained steadily by the equivalent microwave network theory. Second, the addition theorems in half space are derived and utilized to take account of multiple scattering from several parallel channels. Comparing with previous dual-series eigenfunction solutions, the coupled method simplifies the analysis and could handle much more complex structures step by step. The method is verified by comparison with previous publications and both TM and TE wave illumination are considered.

This paper describes exactly a new formulation of the T-matrix method with R-matrix expression for the electromagnetic wave diffraction efficiency from dielectric coated metallic Fourier grating. We found that the parameters of numerical calculation are widely applied by using R-matrix expression in dielectric coating media whose thickness or depth groove on the Fourier grating is large. The absorption phenomena of diffraction efficiency in particular incident angle are observed in the two cases. One of the factor is a guided mode in the dielectric coated layer. Other factor is resonance absorption that occurs by plasmon anomalies on the substrate for the TM polarization.

Electromagnetic penetration through an aperture into a cavity is considered. The structure of interest comprises a slotted infinite conducting plane backed by a semielliptical channel. Three independent integral equations are used to study the structure of interest, for which analytical expressions are derived in another paper and involve summations of Mathieu functions. Numerical results from the analytical expressions for the electromagnetic fields are compared with those from integral equation methods for various cases of excitation and isorefractive materials. The agreement is excellent in all cases.

The intra-channel collision of optical solitons, with Kerr law nonlinearity, is studied in this paper by the aid of quasi-particle theory. The perturbation terms that are considered in this paper are the nonlinear gain and saturable amplifiers along with filters. The suppression of soliton-soliton interaction, in presence of these perturbation terms, is achieved. The numerical simulations support the quasi-particle theory.

The propagation of waves in a random medium is a very complex phenomena which presents numerous difficulties in its experimental approach, and in its theoretical analysis. In this work, the case of a laser beam direction during its random propagation through a hot free jet of air, is considered using geometrical optics. Some experiments are done in the jet and from the hypothesis of the Markovian process, the main stochastic characteristics of the laser beam direction are studied. In addition, the sensitivity of the probability density of the beam random direction with respect to the jet turbulent diffusion is determined.

In this paper, a new coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed structure is proposed to improve impedance matching of low-permittivity dielectric resonator antennas (LPDRAs). The structure is studied experimentally for a two element-rectangular LPDRA array. In the proposed structure, a horizontal strip is centrally connected at the center strip of the CPW and symmetrically added to a coplanar rectangular coupled slot. The dielectric radiators are fed by the CPW through the slot. Based on the above design concept, several antenna prototypes have been successfully designed, fabricated and tested. The measured results show that the proposed antenna exhibits unique and attractive features in terms of impedance matching, gain and the realization of an array.

In a recent solution of this problem there is a subtle error that shows up in the coefficient of reflection off the lower surface of the half plane for oblique incidence and that is attributable to an unacceptable normalization of the spectra to produce the incident field. The correction of this error requires a substantial modification to the original analysis, but this has been carried out and new data are presented.

A very efficient and accurate method to characterize the electromagnetic scattering from periodic arrays of two-dimensional composite cylindrical ob jects with internal eccentric cylindrical scatterers is presented, using the lattice sums formula and the aggregate T-matrix for cylindrical structures. The method is quite general and applies to various configurations of two-dimensional periodic arrays. The dielectric host cylinder per unit cell of the array can contain two or more eccentric cylindrical scatterers (we call them inclusions in this paper), which may be dielectric, conductor, gyrotropic medium, or their mixture with different sizes. The power reflection coefficients from one-layer or one-hundred-layered periodic arrays of composite cylinders with up to two inclusions have been numerically studied. The effect of the presence of inclusions on the properties of resonance peaks or the stopband's width will be discussed.

Presently various models consistent with Einstein's Special Relativity theory are explored. Some of these models have been introduced previously, but additional models are possible, as shown here. The topsy-turvy model changes the order of postulates and conclusions of Einstein's original theory. Another model is given in the spectral domain, with the relativistic Doppler Effect formulas replacing the Lorentz transformation. In this model a new principle tantamount to the constancy of the speed of light in vacuum is stated and analyzed, dubbed as the constancy of light slowness in vacuum. Because the slowness is derived in the spectral domain from the Doppler Effect formulas, this result is not trivially semantic. It is shown that potentials and equations of continuity can replace the Maxwell Equations used by Einstein for his "Principle of Relativity" in electrodynamics. It is also shown that defining convection currents and assuming the current-charge densities transformations can replace the Lorentz transformation. The list of feasible models representative rather than exhaustive, since parts of the models presented here can be combined to yield additional models. The two underlying elements of Einstein's original Special Relativity theory are always present: (1) the theory requires a kinematical element (e.g., the constancy of the speed of light in vacuum in Einstein's original model), and (2), a dynamical element (e.g., the form-invariance of the Maxwell Equations in all inertial systems of reference in Einsteins original model).

Hypothesis of possible superconductivity of the iced matter of the rings of Saturn (based on the data of Voyager and Pioneer space missions) allow us to explain many phenomena which have not been adequately understood earlier. By introducing into planetary physics the force of magnetic levitation of the superconducting iced particle of the rings, which interact with the magnetosphere of the planet, it becomes possible to explain the origin, evolution, and dynamics of the rings; to show how the consequent precipitation of the rings' matter upon the planet was concluded; how the rings began their rotation; how they were compressed by the magnetic field into the thin disc, and how this disc was fractured into hundreds of thousands of separated rings; why in the ring B do exist "spokes"; why magnetic field lines have distortion near by ring F; why there is a variable azimuth brightness of the ring A; why the rings reflected radio waves so efficiently; why there exists strong electromagnetic radiation of the rings in the 20,4 kHz-40,2 MHz range and Saturnian kilometric radiation; why there is anomalous reflection of circularly polarized microwaves; why there are spectral anomalies of the thermal radiation of the rings; why the matter of the various rings does not mix but preserves its small-scale color differences; why there is an atmosphere of unknown origin nearby the rings of Saturn; why there are waves of density and bending waves within Saturn's rings; why planetary rings in the solar system appear only after the Belt of Asteroids (and may be the Belt of Asteroids itself is a ring for the Sun); why our planet Earth has no rings of its own.

This paper begins with a complete description of the complex Poynting theorem, followed by a rigorous study of the generalized resonance in a multi-antenna system. The condition generating the generalized resonance is discussed, which is the balance of the electromagnetic fields energy stored in the antennas open system. The matrix expression of the generalized resonant factor (GRF) is derived. On this basis, the generalized Foster reactance theorem for an arbitrary antenna system is presented and radiation Q is used to further describe the generalized resonance behaviors. Some practical examples have shown that the generalized resonance may take on the phenomena of strong and sharp fields in the near zone and super-directivity in the far zone of the antenna system.

The binary Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization method is used to simulate antennas from their near-field distribution by a set of infinitesimal dipoles. The infinitesimal dipoles could be of electric and/or magnetic types that produce the near field of the actual antenna and thus the same far field. The method is verified using near fields from known infinitesimal electric and/or magnetic dipoles. Some simple antennas have been simulated by infinitesimal dipoles such as dipole, loop, waveguide, and dielectric resonator antenna. The obtained equivalent dipoles from single frequency measurements are found to be valid for certain frequency band.

An efficient technique for the solution of large-scale electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems arising from the surface integral equations and the method of moments is developed. The conventional MoM basis and testing functions are used to discretize the integral equations resulting in a dense impedance matrix. A block-partitioned wavelet transform is then employed to sparsify the matrix. Full advantage is taken of the sparse nature of the mathematical model to solve the system of equations by means of the recently introduced Stabilized Bi-Conjugate Gradient method (Bi-CGSTAB (l)). Various problems are considered involving perfect electric conductor and dielectric material. Results are compared to the corresponding results obtained via the direct solution, or LU decomposition, of the original MoM dense matrix. Excellent results are obtained in a very efficient manner. By block partitioning the MoM impedance matrix as it is built and performing the wavelet transform on the matrix blocks, analysis of very large electromagnetic problems becomes possible in a very efficient and accurate manner.

The accuracy of a spherical wave expansion is examined when the expansion is calculated from incomplete data of the radiation pattern, i.e., when field data on a part of the far-field sphere is missing. The effect of antenna size and truncation index on the interpolation capacity of a SWE is examined by using an analytical expression for the radiation pattern of wire antennas of different lengths. The error of the SWE is seen to increase drastically when the smallest diameter of the dead zone surpasses the length of a period of the highest included wave function. The influence of the size and shape of the dead zone is studied by the aid of a measured pattern, of which a part of the field data is ignored. Two different ways are proposed for estimating the accuracy of the obtained SWE in a practical instance, when the field in the dead zone is unknown.

In this paper, a microstrip inset-fed patch antenna covered by plasma sheath is simulated by using the (FD)²TD algorithm. Expressions of calculating the coefficients in the electric field update equation for cold plasma are presented in detail. Computational examples illustrate that the resonant frequency of the patch antenna covered by plasma sheath is changed. The curves presented in this paper may be useful when introducing appropriate corrections in the design of the microstrip patch antennas in the plasma environment.

A scattering model for rice canopy based on Monte Carlo simulations is applied to interpret RADARSAT data and to predict the temporal response of rice growth. The model takes into account the coherent wave interactions among vegetative elements which usually occur in clusters with closely spaced elements. The model was also used to analyze the structural effect of rice fields on the scattering returns. Simulation results show a significant difference in L-band backscattering returns from rice fields with different structures, and are consistent with empirical observations from JERS-1 Campaign. Taking the ratio of HH over VV can help eliminating ambiguities in this inverse scattering problem.

The conventional form of the electric-field integral equation (EFIE), unlike the magnetic-field integral equation, cannot be solved accurately with the method of moments using pulse basis functions and point matching. A new form of the EFIE is derived whose kernel has no greater singularity than that of the free-space Green's function. This low-order-singularity form of the EFIE, the LEFIE, is solved numerically for perfectly electrically conducting bodies of revolution (BORs) using pulse basis functions and point-matching. Derivatives of the current are approximated with finite differences using a quadratic Lagrangian interpolation polynomial. Such a simple solution of the LEFIE is contingent, however, upon the vanishing of a linear integral that appears when the original EFIE is transformed to obtain the LEFIE. This generally restricts the applicability of the LEFIE to smooth closed scatterers. Bistatic scattering calculations performed for a prolate spheroid demonstrate that results comparable in accuracy to those of the conventionally solved EFIE can be obtained with the LEFIE using pulse basis functions and point matching provided a higher density of points is used close to the ends of the BOR.

The purpose of this paper is a rigorous error estimation of the Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS), when the latter is applied to electromagnetic scattering from a circular, coated, perfectly conducting cylinder, assumed to satisfy the Standard Impedance Boundary Condition (SIBC). The MAS matrix is inverted analytically, via eigenvalue analysis, and an exact expression for the discretization error in the boundary condition is derived. Furthermore, an analytical formula for the condition number of the linear system is also extracted, in addition to an asymptotic estimate for large scatterers, explaining the irregular behavior of the computational error resulting from numerical matrix inversion. Finally, the optimal location of the auxiliary sources is determined, on the grounds of error minimization.

The surface integral equation method is applied for the electromagnetic analysis of general metallic and dielectric structures of arbitrary shape. The method is based on the EFIE-CFIE-PMCHWT integral equation formulation with Galerkins type discretization. The numerical implementation is divided into three independent steps: First, the electric and magnetic field integral equations are presented and discretized individually in each non-metallic subdomain with the RWG basis and testing functions. Next the linearly dependent and zero unknowns are removed from the discretized system by enforcing the electromagnetic boundary conditions on interfaces and at junctions. Finally, the extra equations are removed by applying the wanted integral equation formulation, and the reduced system is solved. The division into these three steps has two advantages. Firstly, it greatly simplifies the treatment of composite ob jects with multiple metallic and dielectric regions and junctions since the boundary conditions are separated from the discretization and integral equation formulation. In particular, no special junction basis functions or special testing procedures at junctions are needed. Secondly, the separation of the integral equation formulation from the two previous steps makes it easy to modify the procedure for other formulations. The method is validated by numerical examples.

The Dyadic Green's function is in general viewed as a generalized, or distribution function. A commonly used procedure to evaluate its volume integral is the principal-volume method, in which an infinitesimal volume around the singularity is excluded from the integration volume. In this paper, we develop a general analytical technique to evaluate the integral of the dyadic Green's function without the need to specify an exclusion volume. The newly derived expressions accurately integrate the singularity and can be used for integration over any shape of spatial discretization cell. We derive explicit expressions for the integral of the 3D dyadic Green's function over a sphere and over a general rectangular block. Similar expressions are obtained for the 2D dyadic Green's function over a cylinder and over a general rectangular cell. It is shown that using the integration technique described in this paper for spherical/circular cells, simple analytical expressions can be derived, and these expressions are exactly the same as those obtained using the principal-volume method. Furthermore, the analytical expressions for the integral of the dyadic Green's function are valid regardless of the location of the observation point, both inside and outside the integration domain. Because the expressions only involve surface integrals/line integrals, their evaluation can be performed very efficiently with a high degree of accuracy. We compare our expressions against the equivalent volume approximation for a wide range of frequencies and cell sizes. These comparisons clearly show the efficiency and accuracy of our technique. It is also shown that the cubic cell (3D) and the square cell (2D) can be approximated with an equivalent spherical cell and circular cell, respectively, over a wide range of frequencies. The approximation can be performed analytically, and the results can be written as the value of the dyadic Green's function at the center multiplying a "geometric factor". We describe analytical procedures to derive the corresponding geometric factors.