Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 6 (2011)
The exact theory for scattering of waves by thick holes in a slab and other objects with non-separable geometries
Abstract
objects for which the natural modes of the field inside the object
do not couple one-to-one with those outside the scatterer. Key
feature of the calculation of the scattered fields is the
introduction of a new set of modes. As an example, we calculate the
reflected and transmitted fields generated by an electromagnetic
plane wave that impinges upon a multilayer slab of which the layers
are stacked perpendicular to the boundary planes.
As this is the geometry of a thick plate with slits our theory encompasses the exact scattering theory of electromagnetic waves by a thick plate with slits.
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