Solution of the Problem of Diffraction by a Plane Screen in a Plane Layered Medium with the Help of the Method of Continued Boundary Conditions

Abstract

The 3D problem of diffraction of the field of a point source by a plane screen located on the interface of a plane layered medium is considered. The algorithm of the numerical solution of this problem is developed on the basis of the method of continued boundary conditions. In particular, the case, when the screen is located on the interface between two media and on the upper boundary of a dielectric layer surrounded by identical dielectric half-spaces, is considered. The correctness of the obtained results is controlled by verifying the accuracy of the fulfillment of the optical theorem. The angular dependences of the scattering pattern are constructed for the screens having circular, rectangular, and elliptic shapes.