Wave Diffraction By Periodic Multilayer Structures (Second Edition)

Description This new technique is applied to the solution of electromagnetic wave scattering by different kinds of periodic structures and includes the investigation of the diffractional properties of multilayer sequences of two-dimensional periodic plane screens. The second edition includes practical applications of new research pertaining to the development of the theory of metamaterials, element base of functional devices of the microwave and antenna techniques. It also considers the periodic structures which either interact with the fields which have a continuous space spectrum, or generate the diffracted fields with a continuous space spectrum. Much attention is given to the mathematical problems connected with solutions of the boundary problems and to the development of effective methods of numerical solution of non-linear operator equations and estimation of accuracy of numerical results. The volume provides a useful reference for radio-physicists and radio-engineers and for researchers working in areas of applied physics, including acoustics, aero- and hydrodynamics.