Diffraction of Wave in Non-uniform Medium
by
Thai Hoang
UNC Greensboro
Coauthors: Maya Chhetri

We discuss the diffraction of electromagnetic wave propagating through a non-uniform medium (permittivity of the medium of the medium is not constant). In particular, we study the fraction of wave that gets transmitted and reflected passing through a non-uniform medium.

Diffraction of electromagnetic wave in a uniform medium is well known but not known for the case of non-uniform medium. Our method involves dividing the non-uniform medium into thin layer of mediums. We assume that each layer is uniform and apply the known result to calculate the diffraction in the non-uniform medium by assuming appropriate boundary conditions between each layer.

Date received: March 23, 2008

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