The Dependence of Resonance Frequency to Landing Angle in Reciprocal Scattering Phenomena of the Waves From an Elliptical Plasma Dielectric Antenna

Abstract

Scattering of an electromagnetic plane wave in transverse electric mode which is obliquely incident to an elliptical plasma antenna with a dielectric rod is comprehensively investigated. The field solutions of the incident, transmitted, and the scattered waves will be derived in terms of Mathieu and modified Mathieu functions. Using asymptotic expansions of Mathieu functions, the scattering cross section per unit length is obtained. It will be shown that in such an elliptical plasma antenna, the backscattering cross section depends on the incident angle and the bistatic scattering cross section varies with scattering angle significantly. Such effects are not seen in antennas with circular cross section due to the circular symmetry in them. The validation of the presented formulations and numerical computation will be examined with the circular case that is an asymptotic well-known case. The graphs of backscattering cross section, scattering pattern, and their corresponding to the polarized charge densities are presented. The dependence of the backscattering cross section and the scattering pattern upon the density and geometrical dimension of the plasma and dielectric are investigated. In addition, it will be shown that the resonance frequencies, under which the plasma antenna response will be maximum, essentially depend on the incident angle of the incident wave.