Jm. Jarem, A RIGOROUS COUPLED-WAVE ANALYSIS AND CROSSED-DIFFRACTION GRATING ANALYSIS OF RADIATION AND SCATTERING FROM 3-DIMENSIONAL INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS, IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation, 46(5), 1998, pp. 740-741
A rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) algorithm useful for studying
radiation and scattering from three-dimensional (3-D) inhomogeneous ob
jects is developed. A spherical electromagnetic (EM) state variable (S
V) form of Maxwell's equations Is presented. The RCWA method is used t
o numerically study EM dipole radiation within and exterior to an inho
mogeneous spherical shell.