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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 10, October 1999

A Numerical Approach for the Diffraction of a Gaussian Beam from a Perfectly Conducting Wedge

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Abstract:

A finite difference (FD) solution to the problem of high-frequency scattering from a perfectly conducting wedge of arbitrary external angle illuminated by a Gaussian beam is presented. The solution is obtained through the application of the parabolic equation method. The solution is compared with the analytical asymptotic solution available in the literature.

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