Numerical solution of integral equations for dielectric objects of prismatic shapes

Abstract

A numerical method to investigate scattering from dielectric geometries of prismatic shapes has been developed. The surface integral equations are formulated by Schelkunoff's equivalence principle in terms of equivalent surface electric and magnetic currents. To solve these integral equations for the unknown currents, the object's cross-section is mapped onto a circle. In the transformed space, Fourier type entire-domain basis functions are used in the cross section and triangular subdomain basis functions are selected along the generating curve to represent the currents. A moment method is then used to reduce the integral equations to a matrix equation to compute the current coefficients. It is found that the transformation of the object's surface to a circular shape improves the convergence of the current mode in the cross-section. However, the current modes are coupled on the surface and the matrix equation includes all the modes. >