Diffraction by a Half-Plane in a Chiral Medium (Normal Incidence)

• Authors: S. Przeździecki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An exact, closed form solution is presented for a diffraction problem by a half-plane embedded in a chiral medium. The incidence direction of an electromagnetic plane wave is assumed to be normal to the edge of the half-plane. The problem has been reduced to a boundary value problem for two modal potentials satisfying distinct Helmholtz equations and coupled by the boundary conditions at the half-plane. A solution is constructed with the aid of the Wiener-Hopf technique. A basic feature of the problem is its two-mode character exhibited by: two families of diffracted rays, reflection coupling of the modes, excitation of lateral waves.

Keywords

EN

41.20.-q; 42.25.Fx

Discipline

• 42.25.Fx: Diffraction and scattering
• 41.20.-q: Applied classical electromagnetism(for submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave instruments and equipment, see 07.57.-c)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1993
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 739-750

Dates

published

1993-06

received

1993-02-16

Contributors

author

S. Przeździecki

• Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Świętokrzyska 21, Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.83.739