Diffraction of an Electric Polarized Wave by a Right-Angled Dielectric Wedge

摘要

The problem of diffraction of an electromagnetic wave by a dielectric wedge is formulated as a singular integral equation. When the index of refraction is near unity the solution of this equation is constructed as a power series. A simple, general way to find an approximate solution is described. The error inherent in the method is shown to be very small; for a typical case considered the relative error of the edge source is calculated to be 10 to the minus 4 power.