On the Sommerfeld half-space problem: appraisal of approximate solutions with extensions to plasmonics Academic Article

abstract

• 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The classical Sommerfeld problem of a vertical electric dipole radiating over an imperfectly conducting half-space is revisited. Two variants of the modified saddle-point integration method are employed to derive new, closed-form, second-order approximations of the far-zone electromagnetic fields. The new formulas are applied to compute radiation patterns and surface fields for sample problems including both ordinary and plasmonic media, and their accuracy is assessed by comparison with the results of rigorous numerical evaluation of the Sommerfeld integrals.

authors

• Michalski, Krzysztof

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND APPLICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• Michalski, K. A., & Lin, H.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Michalski, Krzysztof A||Lin, Hung-I

publication date

• March 2018

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications  Journal

keywords

• Far-zone Radiation Fields
• Hertzian Dipole
• Modified Saddle-point Integration
• Surface Plasmon Polariton

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/09205071.2017.1395368

start page

• 483

end page

• 503

volume

• 32

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09205071.2017.1395368