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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 9, September 2000

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On the Convergence of a Perturbation Series Solution for Reflection from Periodic Rough Surfaces

Rayner K. Rosich, Senior Member, IEEE and James R. Wait

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Abstract:

In 1977, Rosich and Wait presented a general expression for a perturbation series solution to electromagnetic (EM) reflection from an imperfectly conducting periodic rough surface. This is the first known publication of such a general result. Although this expression was shown to be consistent with earlier published results, all questions concerning the convergence of the series were deferred. This paper takes a first step in addressing this oversight.

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