Scattering of an arbitrary plane wave by a dielectric wedge: Integral equations and fields near the edge

The behavior of the field components near the edge has been shown to be that of the static fields, which is derived here without rigor for an infinite wedge. Fields scattered by a finite dielectric wedge illuminated by an arbitrary plane monochromatic wave are computed using either singular or hypersingular integral equations (SIEs or HIEs), derived by the single integral equation method. Field components are then computed near the edge of a finite wedge. Longitudinal components of the fields behave like constants, other components of the electric field behave like those in the transverse magnetic mode, and other components of the magnetic field behave like those in the transverse electric mode. Exceptions occur when approaching the wedge along the bisector. Boundary functions and transverse field components computed with SIEs rise more sharply than predicted approaching the edge after a range in which the agreement with those computed with HIEs is good.