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Shadow Theory of Diffraction Grating

Junichi NAKAYAMA

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This paper deals with a new formulation for the diffraction of a plane wave by a periodic grating. As a simple example, the diffraction of a transverse magnetic wave by a perfectly conductive periodic array of rectangular grooves is discussed. On the basis of a shadow hypothesis such that no diffraction takes place and only the reflection occurs with the reflection coefficient -1 at a low grazing limit of incident angle, this paper proposes the scattering factor as a new concept. In terms of the scattering factor, several new formulas on the diffraction amplitude, the diffraction efficiency and the optical theorem are obtained. It is newly found that the scattering factor is an even function due to the reciprocity. The diffraction efficiency is defined for a propagating incident wave as well as an evanescent incident wave. Then, it is theoretically found that the 0th order diffraction efficiency becomes unity and any other order diffraction efficiencies vanish when a real angle of incidence becomes low grazing. Numerical examples of the scattering factor and diffraction efficiency are illustrated in figures.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E92-C No.1 pp.17-24
Publication Date
2009/01/01
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Online ISSN
1745-1353
DOI
10.1587/transele.E92.C.17
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Theory and its Application)
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