Analysis of a thin, penetrable, and non-uniformly loaded cylindrical reflector illuminated by a complex line source

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Oguzer T. A., Kuyucuoglu F., AVGIN İ., ALTINTAŞ A.

IET MICROWAVES ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION, vol.11, no.15, pp.2148-2154, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 15
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1049/iet-map.2016.0915
  • Journal Name: IET MICROWAVES ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2148-2154
  • Keywords: electromagnetic wave scattering, reflector antenna feeds, boundary-value problems, integral equations, dielectric materials, electromagnetic wave absorption, nonuniformly loaded cylindrical reflector, penetrable loaded cylindrical reflector analysis, thin loaded cylindrical reflector analysis, complex line source, incident field, complex source point, thin layer generalised boundary condition, GBC, electromagnetic boundary value problem, resultant coupled singular integral equation system, regularisation techniques, low-loss dielectric material, high-contrast dielectric material, absorption characteristics, scattering characteristics, front-fed reflectors, offset reflectors, edge loading effects, H-polarisations, E-polarisations, PLANE-WAVE SCATTERING, ANALYTICAL REGULARIZATION, ANTENNAS, STRIPS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A thin, penetrable, and cylindrical reflector is illuminated by the incident field of a complex source point. The scattered field inside the reflector is not considered and its effect is modelled through a thin layer generalised boundary condition (GBC). The authors formulate the structure as an electromagnetic boundary value problem and two resultant coupled singular integral equation system of equations are solved by using regularisation techniques. The GBC provides us to simulate the thin layer better than the resistive model which is applicable only for very thin sheets. Hence, the more reliable data can be obtained for high-contrast and low-loss dielectric material. The scattering and absorption characteristics of the front-fed and offset reflectors are obtained depending on system parameters. Also, the effects of the edge loading are examined for both E- and H-polarisations. The convergence and the accuracy of the formulation are verified in reasonable computational running time.