Two-Dimensional Scattering From Homogenous Anisotropic Cylinders Using a Multifilament Current Method

Implementation of the multifilament current method (MFCM) to analyze the scattering from homogeneous anisotropic cylinders is introduced. The z-directed electric and magnetic line sources are used to associate with TM and TE polarizations, respectively. The radiation fields of a line source in unbounded space occupied with an anisotropic material are derived in detail. With the help of the derived fields, the application of the MFCM is expanded to anisotropic materials. The scattering field is then obtained in terms of these line sources. Monostatic and bistatic scattering widths of cylinders with and without sharp edge are investigated under different incident wave polarizations and material characteristics. Apart from homogeneous anisotropic cylinders, the scattering from an anisotropic shell-coated PEC cylinder is also straightforwardly analyzed without additional considerations in the formulation. The oscillation phenomenon of filament currents in representing the scattered fields and the ill-conditioned issue of the constructed matrix are also discussed in detail. Numerical results obtained with this proposed scheme are also in good agreement with published ones, whereas the proposed technique has its merits on simplicity and conciseness in comparison to the existing numerical methods.