The reflection properties of conducting slabs
Abstract
The exact monochromatic solution for the plane wave reflection by a flat homogeneous slab of arbitrary thickness and conductivity is written for both transverse magnetic (TM) and transverse electric (TE) polarizations. The reflected waveforms for an incident impulse and for a low frequency pulse are then written as Fourier integrals and are numerically solved for a number of special cases of interest for application of studies of the reflection properties and nature of the lowest regions of the daytime ionosphere.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8126338K
- Keywords:
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- Earth Ionosphere;
- Electromagnetic Surface Waves;
- Reflectance;
- Boundary Value Problems;
- Dielectric Properties;
- Mathematical Models;
- Maxwell Equation;
- Communications and Radar