Sum Rules for Parallel Plate Waveguides: Experimental Results and Theory

Iman Vakili, Mats Gustafsson, Daniel Sjöberg, Rebecca Seviour, Martin Nilsson, Sven Nordebo

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Abstract

An experimental approach to investigate the forward scattering sum rule for periodic structures is presented. This approach allows
an upper bound on the total cross section integrated over a bandwidth from a simple static problem to be found. Based on energy conservation, the optical
theorem is used to construct a relation between the total cross section and the forward scattering of periodic structures as well as single scatterers inside a parallel plate waveguide. Dynamic measurements are performed using a parallel plate waveguide and a parallel plate capacitor is utilized to find the static polarizability.
Convex optimization is introduced to identify the total cross section in the dynamic measurements and estimate an optimal lower bound on the polarizability for objects. The results show that the interactions between the electromagnetic field and an object over all wavelength are given by the static polarizability of the object.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2574-2582
JournalIEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume62
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

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