Solution of scattering from rough surface with a 2D target above it by a hybrid method based on the reciprocity theorem and the forward-backward method

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-10-20
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Thispaperproposesahybridmethodbasedontheforward-backwardmethod(FBM)andthereciprocitytheorem(RT)forevaluatingthescatteringfieldfromdielectricroughsurfacewitha2Dtargetaboveit.Here,theequivalentelectric/magneticcurrentdensitiesontheroughsurfaceaswellasthescatteringfieldfromitarenumericallycalculatedbyFBM,andthescatteredfieldfromtheisolatedtargetisobtainedutilizingthemethodofmoments(MOM).Meanwhile,therescatteredcouplinginteractionsbetweenthetargetandthesurfaceareevaluatedemployingthecombinationofFBMandRT.OurhybridmethodisfirstvalidatedbyavailableMOMresults.Then,thefunctionaldependencesofbistaticandmonostaticscatteringfromthetargetaboveroughsurfaceuponthetargetaltitude,incidentandscatteringanglesarenumericallysimulatedanddiscussed.Thisstudypresentsanumericaldescriptionforthescatteringmechanismassociatedwithrescatteredcouplinginteractionsbetweenatargetandanunderlyingrandomlyroughsurface.