Quasi-ray Gaussian beam algorithm for short-pulse two-dimensional scattering by moderately rough dielectric interfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-183

  Galdi, Vincenzo ^a   Felsen, Leopold B ^a,b   Castañon, David A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian beams (GBs); Rough surface scattering; Short pulses

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MODERATELY ROUGH DIELECTRIC INTERFACES; QUASI-RAY GAUSSIAN BEAM ALGORITHM; SHORT-PULSE TWO-DIMENSIONAL SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0012656454     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809102     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. V. Galdi, L. B. Felsen, and D. A. Castañon, "Quasiray Gaussian beam algorithm for time-harmonic two-dimensional scattering by moderately rough interfaces," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, pp. 1305-1314, Sept. 2001.
2. ____, "Narrow-waisted Gaussian beam discretization for short-pulse radiation from one-dimensional large apertures," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, pp. 1322-1332, Sept. 2001.
3. J. Baldauf, S. W. Lee, H. Ling, and R. Chou, "On physical optics for calculating scattering from coated bodies," J. Electromagn. Waves Appl., vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 725-746, Aug. 1989.
4. T. Dogaru, and L. Carin, "Time-domain sensing of targets buried under a rough air-ground interface," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 46, pp. 360-372, Mar. 1998.
5. G. A. Tsihrintzis, C. M. Rappaport, S. C. Winton, and P. M. Johansen, "Statistical modeling of rough surface scattering for ground-penetrating radar applications," Detection Remediation Technology for Mines and Mine-Like Targets III, Proc. SPIE, vol. 3392, pp. 735-744, 1998.
6. T. Dogaru and L. Carin, "Multiresolution time domain analysis of scattering from a rough dielectric surface," Radio Sci., vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1279-1292, Nov.-Dec. 2000.
7. J. J. Maciel and L. B. Felsen, "Gaussian beam analysis of propagation from an extended aperture distribution through dielectric layers, Part I-Plane layer," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 38, pp. 1607-1617, Oct. 1990.
8. ____, "Gaussian beam analysis of propagation from an extended aperture distribution through dielectric layers, Part II-Circular cylindrical layer," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 38, pp. 1618-1624, Oct. 1990.
9. R. F. Harrington, "On scattering by large conducting bodies," IRE Trans. Antennas Propagat., pp. 150-153, Apr. 1959.
10. E. I. Thorsos, "The validity of the Kirchhoff approximation for rough surface scattering using a Gaussian roughness spectrum," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., vol. 83, pp. 78-82, Aug. 1988.
11. A. Collaro, G. Franceschetti, M. Migliaccio, and D. Riccio, "Gaussian rough surfaces and Kirchhoff approximation," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 47, pp. 392-398, Feb. 1999.
12. G. Franceschetti, A. Iodice, M. Migliaccio, and D. Riccio, "Scattering from natural rough surfaces modeled by fractional Brownian motion two-dimensional processes," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 47, pp. 1405-1415, Sept. 1999.
13. J. A. DeSanto and G. S. Brown, "Analytical techniques for multiple scattering from rough surfaces," in Progress in Optics XXIII, E. Wolf, Ed. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1986.
14. E. Heyman, A. G. Tijhuis, and J. Boersma, "Spherical and collimated pulsed fields in conducting media," in Proc. URSI Trianum Int. Symp. Electromagnetic Theory, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1995, pp. 643-645.
15. T. B. Hansen and P. M. Johansen, "Inversion scheme for ground penetrating radar that takes into account the planar air-soil interface," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 38, pp. 496-506, Jan. 2000.
16. J. E. Hipp, "Soil electromagnetic parameters as functions of frequency, soil density, and soil moisture," Proc. IEEE, vol. 62, pp. 98-103, Jan. 1974.
17. T. B. Hansen and A. D. Yaghjian, Plane-Wave Theory of Time-Domain Fields: Near-Field Scanning Applications. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1999.
18. S. Wolfram, The Mathematica Book, 3rd ed. New York: Wolfram Media/Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996.
19. M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions. New York: Dover, 1964.
20. Y. Leviatan and A. Boag, "Analysis of electromagnetic scattering from dielectric cylinders using a multifilament current model," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 35, pp. 1119-1127, Oct. 1987.
21. W. H. Press, S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, and B. P. Flannery, Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992.
22. V. Galdi, J. Pavlovich, W. C. Karl, D. A. Castañon, and L. B. Felsen, "Moderately rough dielectric interface reconstruction via short-pulse quasiray Gaussian beams," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Mar. 2003, to be published.
23. V. Galdi, H. Feng, D. A. Castañon, W. C. Karl, and L. B. Felsen, "Moderately rough surface underground imaging via short-pulse quasiray gaussian beams," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Sept. 2003, to be published.
24. V. Galdi, L. B. Felsen, and D. A. Castañon, "Time-domain radiation from large two-dimensional apertures via narrow-waisted gaussian beams," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 51, pp. 78-88, Jan. 2003.