Electromagnetic Radiation, Scattering, and Diffraction (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)

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by  Prabhakar H. Pathak, Robert J. Burkholder

ELECTROMAGNETIC
RADIATION, SCATTERING,
AND DIFFRACTION
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ELECTROMAGNETIC
RADIATION, SCATTERING,
AND DIFFRACTION
Prabhakar H. Pathak and Robert J. Burkholder
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Names: Pathak, P. H. (Prabhakar Harihar), 1942- author. | Burkholder, R. J.
(Robert James), author.
Title: Electromagnetic radiation, scattering, and diffraction / Prabhakar
H. Pathak and Robert J. Burkholder.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken : Wiley-IEEE Press, [2022] | Series:
IEEE Press series on electromagnetic wave theory | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021030662 (print) | LCCN 2021030663 (ebook) | ISBN
9781119810513 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119810520 (adobe pdf) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Electromagnetic waves. | Electromagnetic waves– Scattering.
| Electromagnetic waves– Diffraction.
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CONTENTS
About the Authors xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
1 Maxwell’sEquations,ConstitutiveRelations,WaveEquation,andPolarization 1
1.1 Introductory Comments 1
1.2 Maxwell’s Equations 5
1.3 Constitutive Relations 10
1.4 Frequency Domain Fields 15
1.5 Kramers-Kronig Relationship 19
1.6 Vector and Scalar Wave Equations 21
1.6.1 Vector Wave Equations for EM Fields 21
1.6.2 Scalar Wave Equations for EM Fields 22
1.7 Separable Solutions of the Source-Free Wave Equation in Rectangular
Coordinates and for Isotropic Homogeneous Media. Plane Waves 23
1.8 Polarization of Plane Waves, Poincaré Sphere, and Stokes Parameters 29
1.8.1 Polarization States 29
1.8.2 General Elliptical Polarization 32
1.8.3 Decomposition of a Polarization State into Circularly Polarized
Components 36
1.8.4 Poincaré Sphere for Describing Polarization States 37
1.9 Phase and Group Velocity 40
1.10 Separable Solutions of the Source-Free Wave Equation in Cylindrical and
Spherical Coordinates and for Isotropic Homogeneous Media 44
1.10.1 Source-Free Cylindrical Wave Solutions 44
1.10.2 Source-Free Spherical Wave Solutions 48
References 51
2 EM Boundary and Radiation Conditions 52
2.1 EM Field Behavior Across a Boundary Surface 52
2.2 Radiation Boundary Condition 60
2.3 Boundary Conditions at a Moving Interface 63
2.3.1 Nonrelativistic Moving Boundary Conditions 63
2.3.2 Derivation of the Nonrelativistic Field Transformations 66
2.3.3 EM Field Transformations Based on the Special Theory of
Relativity 69
2.4 Constitutive Relations for a Moving Medium 84
References 85
3 Plane Wave Propagation in Planar Layered Media 87
3.1 Introduction 87
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viii CONTENTS
3.2 Plane Wave Reflection from a Planar Boundary Between Two Different
Media 87
3.2.1 Perpendicular Polarization Case 88
3.2.2 Parallel Polarization Case 93
3.2.3 Brewster Angle 𝜃 97
𝑏
3.2.4 Critical Angle 𝜃 100
𝑐
3.2.5 Plane Wave Incident on a Lossy Half Space 104
3.2.6 Doppler Shift for Wave Reflection from a Moving Mirror 110
3.3 Reflection and Transmission of a Plane Wave Incident on a Planar Stratified
Isotropic Medium Using a Transmission Matrix Approach 112
3.4 Plane Waves in Anisotropic Homogeneous Media 119
3.5 State Space Formulation for Waves in Planar Anisotropic Layered Media 135
3.5.1 Development of State Space Based Field Equations 135
3.5.2 Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves at the Interface
Between Two Anisotropic Half Spaces 139
3.5.3 Transmission Type Matrix Analysis of Plane Waves in Multilayered
Anisotropic Media 142
References 143
4 Plane Wave Spectral Representation for EM Fields 144
4.1 Introduction 144
4.2 PWS Development 144
References 155
5 Electromagnetic Potentials and Fields of Sources in Unbounded Regions 156
5.1 Introduction to Vector and Scalar Potentials 156
5.2 Construction of the Solution for 𝐴 160
5.3 Calculation of Fields from Potentials 165
5.4 Time Dependent Potentials for Sources and Fields in Unbounded Regions 176
5.5 Potentials and Fields of a Moving Point Charge 185
5.6 Cerenkov Radiation 192
5.7 Direct Calculation of Fields of Sources in Unbounded Regions Using a
Dyadic Green’s Function 195
5.7.1 Fields of Sources in Unbounded, Isotropic, Homogeneous Media in
Terms of a Closed Form Representation of Green’s Dyadic, 𝐺 195
0
5.7.2 On the Singular Nature of 𝐺0(𝑟|𝑟′) for Observation Points Within
the Source Region 197
5.7.3 Representation of the Green’s Dyadic 𝐺 in Terms of an Integral in
0
the Wavenumber (𝑘) Space 201
5.7.4 Electromagnetic Radiation by a Source in a General Bianisotropic
Medium Using a Green’s Dyadic 𝐺 in 𝑘-Space 208
𝑎
References 209
6 Electromagnetic Field Theorems and Related Topics 211
6.1 Conservation of Charge 211
6.2 Conservation of Power 212
6.3 Conservation of Momentum 218
6.4 Radiation Pressure 225