Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
1989
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
James P. Corones
Second Advisor
Thomas A. Weber
Abstract
This dissertation treats the problem of transient scattering of obliquely incident electromagnetic plane waves on a stratified anisotropic dielectric slab. Scattering operators are derived for the reflective response of the medium. The internal fields are calculated. Wave splitting and invariant imbedding techniques are used. These techniques are first presented for fields normally incident on a stratified, isotropic dielectric medium. The techniques of wave splitting and invariant imbedding are applied to normally incident plane waves on an anisotropic medium. An integro-differential equation is derived for the reflective response and the direct and inverse scattering problems are discussed. These techniques are applied to the case of obliquely incident plane waves. The reflective response is derived and the direct and inverse problems discussed and compared to those for the normal incidence case. The internal fields are investigated for the oblique incidence via a Green's function approach. A numerical scheme is presented to calculate the Green's function. Finally, symmetry relations of the reflective response are discussed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-8992
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/
Copyright Owner
Rodney D. Stewart
Copyright Date
1989
Language
en
Proquest ID
AAI9003567
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
102 pages
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Rodney D., "Transient electromagnetic scattering on anisotropic media " (1989). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 9086.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/9086