TY - GEN
T1 - A spectral domain ray tracing method for quasi-optical devices modelling
AU - Ehtezazi, I. A.
AU - Letrou, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1998 IEEE.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - The spectral theory of diffraction (STD) is well known for its ability to deal with complex fields (creeping waves, shadow limit fields, caustics fields) and their transformations through multiple diffractions. We present a fully numerical and 3-D implementation of this method. This implementation is based on a ray-Tracing representation of plane waves propagation and it takes advantage of the simplicity of the plane waves transformation formulas at dielectric or conducting interfaces. The geometrical optics ray-Tracing part of the procedure is quite similar to what is done in the shooting and bouncing rays (SBR) method, which has been applied to scattering calculations. However, the final evaluation of the field is performed through a spectral domain integration in our spectral domain ray tracing (SRT) method, instead of a physical optics integration in the SBR method. We give an outline of the principles of the method, and present the application of the method to substrate-lens antenna analysis. Simulated results obtained through this method are compared to results obtained through a more classical physical optics analysis, and to measured far-field radiation patterns of the antenna.
AB - The spectral theory of diffraction (STD) is well known for its ability to deal with complex fields (creeping waves, shadow limit fields, caustics fields) and their transformations through multiple diffractions. We present a fully numerical and 3-D implementation of this method. This implementation is based on a ray-Tracing representation of plane waves propagation and it takes advantage of the simplicity of the plane waves transformation formulas at dielectric or conducting interfaces. The geometrical optics ray-Tracing part of the procedure is quite similar to what is done in the shooting and bouncing rays (SBR) method, which has been applied to scattering calculations. However, the final evaluation of the field is performed through a spectral domain integration in our spectral domain ray tracing (SRT) method, instead of a physical optics integration in the SBR method. We give an outline of the principles of the method, and present the application of the method to substrate-lens antenna analysis. Simulated results obtained through this method are compared to results obtained through a more classical physical optics analysis, and to measured far-field radiation patterns of the antenna.
U2 - 10.1109/APS.1998.702139
DO - 10.1109/APS.1998.702139
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0031622285
SN - 0780344782
SN - 9780780344785
T3 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998 Digest - Antennas: Gateways to the Global Network - Held in conjunction with: USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
SP - 1086
EP - 1089
BT - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998 Digest - Antennas
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1998 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 1998
Y2 - 21 June 1998 through 26 June 1998
ER -