CHARACTERISTIC MODES OF A SLOT IN A CONDUCTING CYLINDER AND THEIR USEFOR PENETRATION AND SCATTERING, TE CASE

A characteristic mode theory for slots in a circular conducting cylind er is given for calculating the characteristic magnetic currents, the equivalent magnetic current, the radiation patterns, and the fields ev erywhere (especially in the aperture region) of an infinitely long thi n perfectly conducting cylinder with an infinitely long slot. The char acteristic modes are obtained from the solution of an eigenvalue equat ion representing the continuity of the tangential component of the mag netic field in the slot.