A generalized Debye source approach to electromagnetic scattering in layered media

DOI10.1063/1.4862747zbMATH Open1318.78005arXiv1310.4241OpenAlexW3099589223MaRDI QIDQ5414751FDOQ5414751

Michael O'Neil

Publication date: 7 May 2014

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The standard solution to time-harmonic electromagnetic scattering problems in homogeneous layered media relies on the use of the electric field dyadic Green's function. However, for small values of the governing angular frequency $omega$, evaluation of the electric field using this Green's function exhibits numerical instability. In this short note, we provide an alternative approach which is immune from this low-frequency breakdown as $omegao0$. Our approach is based on the generalized Debye source representation of Maxwell fields. Using this formulation, the electric and magnetic fields gracefully decouple in the static limit, a behavior similar to that of the classical Lorenz-Debye-Mie representation of Maxwell fields in spherical geometries. We derive extensions of both the generalized Deybe source and Lorenz-Debye-Mie representations to planar geometries, as well as provide equations for the solution of scattering from a perfectly conducting half-space and in layered media using a Sommerfeld-like approach. These formulas are stable as $omega$ tends to zero, and offer alternatives to the electric field dyadic Green's function.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4241

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetic scatteringLorenz-Debye-Mie representationSommerfeld-like approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45)

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