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The plane wave diffraction by a finite parallel-plate waveguide with four-layer material loading is rigorously analyzed for the case of E polarization using the Wiener-Hopf technique. Introducing the Fourier transform for the scattered field and applying boundary conditions in the transform domain, the problem is formulated in terms of the simultaneous Wiener-Hopf equations, which are solved via the factorization and decomposition procedure together with a rigorous asymptotics. The scattered field is evaluated explicitly by taking the inverse Fourier transform and applying the saddle point method. Representative numerical examples of the radar cross section (RCS) are shown for various physical parameters and the far field scattering characteristics are discussed in detail.

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Dr. Jian-Ping Zheng

Professor Kazuya Kobayashi