Two-Dimensional Scattering of Line Source Electromagnetic Waves by a Layered Obstacle

Abstract

We consider the scattering problem of line source electromagnetic waves using a multi-layered obstacle with a core, which may be a perfect conductor, a dielectric, or has an impedance surface. We formulate this problem in two dimensions and we prove some useful scattering relations. In particular, we state and prove a reciprocity principle and a general scattering theorem for line source waves for any possible positions of the source. These theorems can be used to approximate the far-field pattern in the low-frequency theory. Moreover, an optical theorem is recovered as a corollary of the general scattering theorem. Finally, we obtain a mixed reciprocity relation which can be used in proving the uniqueness results of the inverse scattering problems.

Keywords

• two-dimensional electromagnetic scattering
• piecewise obstacle
• line source waves
• scattering relations