Abstract
The scattering of electromagnetic waves by a perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) sphere coated with a plasma isotropic material is studied in this paper. The extended classical theory of scattering is used to physically model the scattering problem. All the fields are expanded in terms of spherical vector wave functions (SVWFs), and then scattering matrices are obtained by applying the boundary conditions at each interface i.e., free space/ plasma and plasma/ PEMC.
The presented analysis and formulations are general for any perfect conductor cylinder (PEC, PMC, or PEMC) with general isotropic material coatings. After that, the Co and Cross-polarized scattering coefficients are numerically computed and used to calculate the radar cross section (RCS). The influence of plasma parameters i.e., plasma density (n) and effective collision frequency (v) on RCS is analyzed and reported that radar cross section can be controlled by choosing the appropriate plasma parameters. It is also concluded that plasma coating can be used for target protection.The comparisons of the computed results of the presented formulations with the published results of some special cases confirm the accuracy of the presented analysis..
Keywords
Scattering, Plasma, Perfect Electromagnetic Conductor (PEMC), Sphere, Radar Cross section (RCS).
Citation
M. Z. YAQOOB, A. GHAFFAR, I. SHAKIR, M. Y. NAZ, Q. A. NAQVI, Electromagnetic scattering from isotropic-plasma coated perfect electromagnetic conductor sphere, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 1-2, January-February 2015, pp.274-279 (2015).
Submitted at: Nov. 30, 2014
Accepted at: Jan. 21, 2015