Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Obstacles

Content: Preface
 Foreword
 Acknowledgment
 1. Basic Equations
 1.1. The Maxwell Equations
 1.2. Constitutive Relations
 1.3. Time-Harmonic Fields and Fourier Transform
 1.4. Coherence and Degree of Polarization
 Problems for Chapter 1
 2. The Green Functions and Dyadics
 2.1. The Green Functions in Isotropic Media
 2.2. The Green Dyadics in Isotropic Media
 2.3. The Green Dyadic in Anisotropic Media
 2.4. The Green Dyadic in Biisotropic Media
 2.5. Cerenkov Radiation
 2.6. Time-Domain Problem
 Problems for Chapter 2
 3. Integral Representation of Fields
 3.1. Two Scalar Fields. 3.2. Vector and Scalar Fields3.3. Integral Representations of the Maxwell Equations
 3.4. Dyadic and Vector Fields
 3.5. Limit Values of the Scalar Integral Representations
 3.6. Limit Values of the Vector Integral Representations-Vector Version
 3.7. Limit Values of the Vector Integral Representations-Dyadic Version
 3.8. Integral Representation for Biisotropic Materials
 3.9. Integral Representations in the Time Domain
 Problems for Chapter 3
 4. Introductory Scattering Theory
 4.1. The Far Zone
 4.2. Cross Sections
 4.3. Scattering Dyadic (Matrix)
 4.4. Optical Theorem. 4.5. Plane Interface Case and Babinet's PrincipleProblems for Chapter 4
 5. Scattering in the Time Domain
 5.1. The Scattering Problem
 5.2. Energy Balance in the Time Domain
 5.3. Connection to the Time-Harmonic Results
 5.4. Optical Theorem
 5.5. Some Applications of the Optical Theorem
 Problems for Chapter 5
 6. Approximations and Applications
 6.1. Long Wavelength Approximation
 6.2. Weak-Scatterer Approximation
 6.3. High-Frequency Approximation
 6.4. Sum Rule for the Extinction Cross Section
 6.5. Scattering by Many Scatterers-Multiple Scattering
 Problems for Chapter 6. 7. Spherical Vector Waves7.1. Preparatory Discussions
 7.2. Definition of Spherical Vector Waves
 7.3. Orthogonality and Reciprocity Relations
 7.4. Some Properties of the Spherical Vector Waves
 7.5. Expansion of the Green Dyadic
 7.6. Null-Field Equations
 7.7. Expansion of Sources
 7.8. Far Field Amplitude and the Transition Matrix
 7.9. Dipole Moments of a Scatterer
 Problems for Chapter 7
 8. Scattering by Spherical Objects
 8.1. Scattering by a Perfectly Conducting Sphere
 8.2. Scattering by a Dielectric Sphere
 8.3. Scattering by Layered Spherical Objects. 8.4. Scattering by an Anisotropic Sphere8.5. Scattering by a Biisotropic Sphere
 Problems for Chapter 8
 9. The Null-Field Approach
 9.1. The T-Matrix for a Single Homogeneous Scatterer
 9.2. The T-Matrix for a Collection of Scatterers
 9.3. Obstacle above a Ground Plane
 Problems for Chapter 9
 10. Propagation in Stratified Media
 10.1. Basic Equations
 10.2. The Fundamental Equation
 10.3. Wave Splitting
 10.4. Propagation of Fields-the Propagator Dyadic
 10.5. Propagator Dyadics-Homogeneous Layers
 10.6. Examples
 10.7. Numerical Computations
 10.8. Asymptotic Analysis. 10.9. The Green Dyadic.