Radiation and Scattering of Waves

As relevant today as it was when it was first published 20 years ago, this book is a classic in the field. Nowhere else can you find more complete coverage of radiation and scattering of waves. The chapter: Asympotic Evaluation of Integrals is considered the definitive source for asympotic techniques.

This book is essential reading for engineers, physicists and others involved in the fields of electromagnetics and acoustics. It is also an indispensable reference for advanced engineering courses.

FOREWORD.

PERSPECTIVES ON THE REISSUE.

1. SPACE- AND TIME-DEPENDENT LINEAR FIELDS.

1.1 Formulation of Vector Field and Scalar Potential Problems.

1.2 Plane Wave Field Representations.

1.3 Guided Wave (Oscillatory) Representations in Time.

1.4 Guided Wave Representations in Space.

1.5 Reduced Electromagnetic Field Equations.

1.6 Ray-Optic Approximations of Integral Representations.

1.7 Rap-Optic Approximations for Differential Equations.

2. NETWORK FORMALISM FOR TIME-HARMONIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN UNIFORM AND SPHERICAL WAVEGUIDE REGIONS.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Derivation of Transmission-Line Equations in Uniform Regions.

2.3 Scalarization and Modal Representation of Dyadic Green's Functions in Uniform Regions.

2.4 Solution of Uniform Transmission-Line Equations (Network Analysis).

2.5 Derivation of Transmission-Line Equations in Spherical Regions.

2.6 Scalarization and Modal Representation of Dyadic Green's Functions in Spherical Regions.

2.7 Solution of Spherical Transmission-Line Equations (Network Analysis).

3. MODE FUNCTIONS IN CLOSED AND OPEN WAVEGUIDES.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Classical Evaluation of Mode Functions.

3.3 Characteristic Green's Function (Resolvent) Procedure and Alternative Representations.

3.4 One-Dimensional Characteristic Green's Function and Eigenf unction Solutions.

3.5 Approximate Methods for Solving the Non-Uniform Transmission-Line Equations.

3.6 Application to Various Inhomogeneity Profiles.

4. ASYMPTOTIC EVALUATION OF INTEGRALS.

4.1 General Considerations.

4.2 Isolated First-Order Saddle Points.

4.3 Isolated Saddle Points of Higher Order.

4.4 First-Order Saddle Point and Nearby Singularities.

4.5 Nearby First-Order Saddle Points.

4.6 Saddle Points Near an Endpoint.

4.7 Multiple Integrals.

4.8 Integration Around a Branch Point.

5. FIELDS IN PLANE-STRATIFIED REGIONS.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Field Representations in Regions with Piece wise Constant Properties.

5.3 Integration Techniques.

5.4 Sources in an Unbounded Dielectric.

5.5 Sources in the Presence of a Semi-Infinite Dielectric Medium.

5.6 Time-Harmonic Sources in the Presence of a Dielectric Slab.

5.7 Time-Harmonic Sources in the Presence of a Constant-Impedance Surface.

5.8 Sources in the Presence of Media with Continuous Planar Stratification-Arbitrary Profiles.

5.9 Sources in the Presence of Media with Continuous Planar Stratification-Special Profiles.

6. FIELDS IN CYLINDRICAL AND SPHERICAL REGIONS.

6.1 Distinctive Field Characteristics.

6.2 Green's Function Representations in Cylindrical Regions.

6.3 Wedge-Type Problems—Integration Techniques.

6.4 Perfectly Absorbing Wedge.

6.5 Perfectly Conducting Wedge and Half Plane.

6.6 Wedge with Variable Impedance Walls.

6.7 Diffraction by a Circular Cylinder.

6.8 Fields in Spherical Regions.

7. FIELDS IN UNIAXIALLY ANISOTROPIC REGIONS.

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Network Formulation of Field Problem.

7.3 Sources in Unbounded Media.

7.4 Diffraction by Structures Embedded in an Infinite Homogeneous Plasma.

7.5 Radiation from a Homogeneous Plasma Half Space.

8. FIELDS IN ANISOTROPIC REGIONS.

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Guided Wave Representation in Anisotropic Media (Reduced Formulation).

8.3 Guided Waves in a Cold Magnetoplasma (Guide Axis Parallel to Gyrotropic Axis).

8.4 Guided Waves in a Cold Magnetoplasma (Guide Axis Perpendicular to Gyrotropic Axis).

SUBJECT INDEX.

AUTHOR INDEX.

Leopold B. Felsen was a physicist known for studies of Electromagnetism and wave-based disciplines. He had to flee Germany at 16 due to the Nazis. He has fundamental contributions to electromagnetic field analysis. Nathan Marcuvitz, was an American electrical engineer, physicist, and educator who worked in the fields of microwave and electromagnetic theory. He was head of the experimental group of the Radiation Laboratory. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering.