Fractal characteristics investigation on electromagnetic scattering from 2-D Weierstrass fractal dielectric rough surface

A normalized two-dimensional band-limited Weierstrass fractal function is used for modelling the dielectric rough surface. An analytic solution of the scattered field is derived based on the Kirchhoff approximation. The variance of scattering intensity is presented to study the fractal characteristics through theoretical analysis and numerical calculations. The important conclusion is obtained that the diffracted envelope slopes of scattering pattern can be approximated as a slope of linear equation. This conclusion will be applicable for solving the inverse problem of reconstructing rough surface and remote sensing.     

Phase factors representation for electromagnetic scattering from arough-surface perfect conductor

The surface magnetic field (current) integral equation for a plane in an average rough interface between a vacuum and a perfect conductor is considered. This equation is presented in a form that contains the random elevations only as exponential functions with purely imaginary exponents. Iterations of this equation lead to a solution in powers of multiplicity of the Kirchhoff scattering, and each iterative term contains the random elevations only in exponents. Because the modulus of such functions is equal to unity, we may expect that convergence of such series is independent of the Rayleigh parameter. All mean values can be expressed directly in terms of joint characteristic functions of elevations in different points of a rough surface. To develop this representation of the scattering problem we use the three-dimensional Green function in terms of the one-dimensional Fourier integral with respect to z.     

Scattering and diffraction of a plane wave by a randomly rough half-plane

The scattering and diffraction of a TE (transverse electric) plane wave by a randomly rough half-plane are studied by a combination of three techniques: the Wiener-Hopf technique, the small perturbation method and a probabilistic method based on the shift-invariance of a homogeneous random function. By use of the D^a-Fourier transformation based on the shift-invariance, it is shown that the scattered wave is written by an inverse Fourier transformation of a homogeneous random function with a complex parameter. For a small rough case, such a random function with a complex parameter is expanded in a perturbation series and then the first-order solution is obtained exactly in an integral form. The first-order solution involves two physical processes such that the edge-diffracted wave is scattered by the randomly rough plane and the scattered wave, due to roughness, is diffracted by the half-plane. The solution is transformed into a sum of the Fresnel integrals with complex arguments, an integral along the steepest descent path and a branch-cut integral, which are evaluated numerically. Then, intensities of the coherently scattered wave and incoherent wave are calculated in the region near the edge and illustrated in figures.     

二维导体粗糙面电磁散射的分形特征研究

采用二维归一化带限Brown分形函数来模拟二维分形粗糙面,主要利用基尔霍夫近似给出了该导体粗糙面的电磁散射场.导出了平均散射场、平均散射系数和散射强度方差的计算公式.讨论了散射场分布与分维的关系,获得了散射场波峰拟合线的斜率与分维D满足线性关系这一重要结论. 关键词：     

TM plane wave scattering and diffraction from a randomly rough half-plane: (part II) An evaluation of the diffraction kernel

In a previous paper (part I), it has been shown that a random wavefield from a randomly rough half-plane for a TM plane wave incidence is written in terms of a Wiener-Hermite expansion with three types of Fourier integrals. This paper studies a concrete representation of the random wavefield by an approximate evaluation of such Fourier integrals, and statistical properties of scattering and diffraction. For a Gaussian roughness spectrum, intensities of the coherent wavefield and the first-order incoherent wavefield are calculated and shown in figures. It is then found that the coherent scattering intensity decreases in the illumination side, but is almost invariant in the shadow side. The incoherent scattering intensity spreads widely in the illumination side, and have ripples at near the grazing angle. Moreover, a major peak at near the antispecular direction, and associated ripples appear in the shadow side. The incoherent scattering intensity increases rapidly at near the random half-plane. These new phenomena for the incoherent scattering are caused by couplings between TM guided waves supported by a slightly random surface and edge diffracted waves excited by a plane wave incidence or by free guided waves on a flat plane without any roughness.     

粗糙面重构问题的混合算法研究

基于Desanto的谱表示法,采用数值和近似算法相结合的混合算法对一维粗糙面的重构问题进行了研究.对于正问题,采用数值算法——矩量法(MOM)得到一维粗糙面的相关散射数据,对于逆问题,考虑不同粗糙度的粗糙面,分别采用两种近似算法——微扰近似(SPA)、基尔霍夫近似(KA)与矩量法的混合算法,对粗糙面轮廓进行了重构;数值结果以高斯粗糙面为例,给出了混合算法对不同粗糙度粗糙面的重构算例,并进行了数据比较和分析. 关键词： 粗糙面重构 矩量法 微扰近似 基尔霍夫近似     

Scattering and diffraction of a plane wave by a randomly rough half-plane*

Abstract

The scattering and diffraction of a TE (transverse electric) plane wave by a randomly rough half-plane are studied by a combination of three techniques: the Wiener-Hopf technique, the small perturbation method and a probabilistic method based on the shift-invariance of a homogeneous random function. By use of the D^a-Fourier transformation based on the shift-invariance, it is shown that the scattered wave is written by an inverse Fourier transformation of a homogeneous random function with a complex parameter. For a small rough case, such a random function with a complex parameter is expanded in a perturbation series and then the first-order solution is obtained exactly in an integral form. The first-order solution involves two physical processes such that the edge-diffracted wave is scattered by the randomly rough plane and the scattered wave, due to roughness, is diffracted by the half-plane. The solution is transformed into a sum of the Fresnel integrals with complex arguments, an integral along the steepest descent path and a branch-cut integral, which are evaluated numerically. Then, intensities of the coherently scattered wave and incoherent wave are calculated in the region near the edge and illustrated in figures.     

大尺度分层介质粗糙面电磁散射的特性研究

首先建立大尺度分层介质粗糙面散射的物理模型, 基于Stratton-Chu积分方程和Kirchhoff近似导出了粗糙面散射场的计算公式. 采用高斯随机粗糙面来模拟实际的分层介质粗糙面, 通过数值计算得到了正下视单站雷达接收到的后向散射回波. 理论推导了散射场强度与表面粗糙度之间的定量关系, 并从数值仿真的角度分析了表面和次表面的粗糙度对散射回波的影响, 给出了散射场随粗糙度变化的曲线. 最后考察了分层介质的电特性参数(介电常数和电导率)对分层粗糙面散射场的影响, 并对计算结果做出了分析.     

Fractional Green’s Function for the Time-Dependent Scattering Problem in the Space-Time-Fractional Quantum Mechanics

Integral form of the space-time-fractional Schrödinger equation for the scattering problem in the fractional quantum mechanics is studied in this paper. We define the fractional Green’s function for the space-time fractional Schrödinger equation and express it in terms of Fox’s H-function and in a computable series form. The asymptotic formula of the Green’s function for large argument is also obtained, and applied to study the fractional quantum scattering problem. We get the approximate scattering wave function with correction of every order.     

A Time Domain Algorithm on the Reconstruction of Rough Surfaces

We consider the inverse scattering problem of a perfectly conducting one-dimensional rough surface in the case that the incident field is unnecessary to be time harmonic. Based on our previous investigation of the frequency domain algorithm, a new time domain algorithm is proposed, in which we approximate the incident pulse by a finite sum of time harmonic fields and then apply the frequency domain algorithm for time harmonic waves. Numerical experiments indicate that the time domain algorithm shows great accuracy of reconstruction of the surface profile and yields significant improvement than the frequency domain algorithm.     

微粗糙面上方球形粒子的光散射及其散射截面的计算

基于互易定理研究了光波入射时微粗糙面与其上方球形粒子复合模型的光散射。根据粗糙表面电流积分方程并利用表面微扰展开，得到了微粗糙面表面极化电流的迭代解，给出了耦合电场的计算方法。结合散射耦合场散射矩阵和已有的微粗糙面及球形粒子的散射矩阵，给出了复合模型散射截面的计算公式，数值计算了复合模型的后向散射截面并进行了详细讨论。     

Fractal Characteristics Investigation on Light Scattering from Two Dimensional Rough Surface

A normalized two dimensional band-limited Weierstrass fractal function is used for modeling the rough surface. Based on Kirchhoff theory, an analytic solution of the average scattering field and the variance of scattering intensity are derived with emphasis on examining the relation of fractal dimension with the scattering pattern. The important conclusion is obtained that the diffracted envelope slopes of scattering pattern can be approximated to a slope of linear equation.     

Study of MPI based on parallel MOM on PC clusters for EM-beam scattering by 2-D PEC rough surfaces

This paper firstly applies the finite impulse response filter (FIR) theory combined with the fast Fourier transform (FFT) method to generate two-dimensional Gaussian rough surface. Using the electric field integral equation (EFIE), it introduces the method of moment (MOM) with RWG vector basis function and Galerkin's method to investigate the electromagnetic beam scattering by a two-dimensional PEC Gaussian rough surface on personal computer (PC) clusters. The details of the parallel conjugate gradient method (CGM) for solving the matrix equation are also presented and the numerical simulations are obtained through the message passing interface (MPI) platform on the PC clusters. It finds significantly that the parallel MOM supplies a novel technique for solving a two-dimensional rough surface electromagnetic-scattering problem. The influences of the root-mean-square height, the correlation length and the polarization on the beam scattering characteristics by two-dimensional PEC Gaussian rough surfaces are finally discussed.     

A new single surface integral equation for light scattering by circular dielectric cylinders

A new single surface integral equation is derived for light scattering by circular dielectric cylinders. Without adopting the concept of equivalent electric or magnetic surface currents, our formulation is directly derived from coupled-surface integral equations by the property of commutative matrices of Green functions. Further development by such matrix equations leads to only one unknown function for circular dielectric-coated cylinders. In addition, numerical simulations show that even applied to elliptic scatters our equation still gives reasonably good approximate solutions in the sub-wavelength limit.     

Bistatic electromagnetic scattering from a three-dimensional perfect electric conducting object above a Gaussian rough surface based on the Kirchhoff–Helmholtz and electric field integral equation

A hybrid integral equation is developed to solve the problem of electromagnetic (EM) scattering from a three-dimensional (3D) perfect electric conducting (PEC) object above a two-dimensional (2D) PEC or dielectric Gaussian rough surface. Firstly, the Kirchhoff–Helmholtz (KH) equation is adopted to describe the wave reflection on the rough surface; only one integral operation on the rough surface is needed, and the scattering from the object can be described by solving the electric field integral equation (EFIE) on the surface of the object. Moreover, according to scattering theory, the KH equation and the EFIE are coupled together (KH-EFIE) to describe wave propagation between the object and the rough surface. Then method of moments (MoM) is adopted to solve the KH-EFIE, and the current is obtained to calculate the scattering field. Finally, compared with other methods, the accuracy of the proposed approach is validated, and its efficiency is proved to be much higher than numerical solutions. Furthermore, by calculating the statistic composite radar cross-section (RCS) of the object/surface and the difference radar cross-section (DRCS) of the object, the influence of the rough surface root mean square (rms) height, the correlation length, the medium permittivity, the shape of the object, and the altitude of the object on the scattering characteristic is investigated.     

A parabolic equation for penetrable rough surfaces: using the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation to buffer density jumps

The goal of this effort is to design a parabolic equation (PE) that can be fully integrated into modern rough surface scattering theory. The Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation is used to design a PE that addresses this challenge. The paradigm employed is based on a non-relativistic theory of the quantum Lamb shift, in which a parabolic equation (the Schrödinger equation) was used to model a field near a rough surface (the world line of the hydrogen nucleus advected by vacuum fluctuations). With the acoustic field serving as the prototypical classical field, the PE derived using the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation exploits higher-order boundary conditions to buffer density discontinuities in a manner precisely dictated by the formalism. This is significant because the techniques used in rough surface scattering theory ultimately rely on perturbation theory, conformal mappings, a local method of images, or some similar distortion of the range-independent problem. This type of distortion is not possible with techniques currently employed at a density jump, and so ad hoc rules have been used instead. The new PE allows interfaces where the density jumps (such as the ocean bottom) to be distorted into rough ones, and so it is fully compatible with rough surface scattering theory.     

Scattering and diffraction of a plane wave from a randomly rough strip

This paper deals with plane wave scattering and diffraction from a randomly rough strip using a combination of three tools: the perturbation method, the Wiener-Hopf technique and a group-theoretic consideration based on the shift-invariant property of the homogeneous random surface. The D^a-Fourier transformation associated with the shift invariance is defined instead of the conventional complex Fourier transformation. For a slightly rough case, Wiener-Hopf equations for the zero-, first- and second-order perturbed fields are derived. They are reduced to a common Wiener-Hopf equation, an exact solution of which is obtained formally by means of the Wiener-Hopf technique. Using the inverse D^a-Fourier transformation, the scattered wavefield is obtained as a stochastic field. When the strip width is large compared with the wavelength, a uniformly asymptotic representation of the scattered far field is obtained by the saddle point method. For a Gaussian roughness spectrum, several numerical results are calculated and illustrated in figures, based on which the characteristics of scattering and diffraction are discussed.     

On the theory of X-ray coherent reflection from a rough surface

A solution of the problem of X-ray specular reflection from a statistically rough surface is presented. It is based on using the Green function formalism. The Kirchhoff formula is used to describe the transmission of the wave field through a rough interface. Generally, microscopically exact expressions for the coefficients of transmission through a rough surface and reflection from it are obtained by taking multiple scattering effects into account. Averaging of the obtained expressions over possible realizations of random roughness of the interface between media allows to obtain rigorous expressions for specular reflection and transmission coefficients. The behavior of exact solutions in the limiting case of infinite correlation lengths is studied. It is shown that, in this case, the obtained solution corresponds to the Debye-Waller normalization. Expressions for the reflection and transmission coefficients making it possible to carry out numerical calculations are obtained in the Bourret approximation of multiple-scattering theory.     

Two-frequency mutual coherence function for electromagnetic pulse propagation over rough surfaces

The propagation of a transient electromagnetic pulse over irregular terrain is considered. We model the wave propagation using the parabolic wave equation, which is valid for near-horizontal propagation. We model the effect of scattering from the rough terrain by introducing a surface-flattening coordinate transform. This coordinate transform simplifies the boundary condition of our problem, and introduces an effective refractive index into our wave equation. As a result, the problem of propagation over an irregular surface becomes equivalent to the problem of propagation through random media. The parabolic equation is solved analytically using the path integral method. Both vertically polarized and horizontally polarized signals are treated. Cumulant expansion is introduced to obtain an approximate expression for the two-frequency mutual coherence function. From the mutual coherence function, spatial and temporal dependence of the propagating signal can be determined. It can be shown that scattering from the irregular surface can cause broadening of the transient signal. This can have a significant impact on the performance of radio communication systems.     

Rigorous and approximate methods for modeling wave scattering from a locally perturbed perfectly conducting surface

Rigorous and approximate methods are considered for solving the problem of harmonic plane wave scattering from a plane surface arbitrarily perturbed along one dimension on a finite interval. This problem is treated using the Fredholm integral equations of the second kind and the Kirchhoff and Rayleigh approximations. The estimates of the computational efficiency of the integral equation method and the Rayleigh approximation are compared by calculating fields scattered from random rough surfaces in the resonance region (i.e., when the roughness height is comparable to or smaller than the incident wavelength) for an arbitrary incidence of a plane wave. Scattering patterns calculated using the integral equations and the Kirchhoff approximation are discussed in the case of large-scale random rough surface scattering. Particular attention is paid to scattering at near-grazing incidence.