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Vinogradov1, Vinogradova, Nosich
1Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
A mathematically accurate and numerically efficient method of analysis of a spherical reflector, fed by a scalar beam produced by a complex source-point feed, is presented. Two cases, soft and hard reflector surface, are considered. In each case the solution of the full-wave integral equation is reduced to dual series equations and then further to a regularized infinite-matrix equation. The latter procedure is based on the analytical inversion of the static part of the problem. Sample numerical results for 50-lambda reflectors demonstrate features that escape a high-frequency asymptotic analysis.
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