An Iterative Hybrid JMCFIE-MSIE-PO Method for Analyzing EM Scattering From Complex Target Above Rough Surface

An iterative hybrid method is proposed for analyzing the electromagnetic (EM) scattering from complex target above rough surface. First, the electric/magnetic current-combined field integral equation (JMCFIE) is formulated to calculate the EM scattering from the complex target combining conductor and multiple dielectric objects. Then, the single integral equation (SIE) method for multiple dielectric objects in the complex target (MSIE) is applied to reduce one-half of the unknowns in dielectric regions, and the hybrid JMCFIE-MSIE method is formulated. Afterward, physical optics (PO) approximation is employed for computing the EM scattering on the rough surface, and the iterative hybrid based on the combination of JMCFIE-MSIE and PO is derived for composite scattering from complex target above rough surface. Furthermore, the multilevel fast multipole algorithm is utilized to accelerate the matrix-vector multiplications in the computation process. The equivalent edge currents method is applied to meliorate the result. Finally, the validation and applicability of the proposed iterative solution are demonstrated by several numerical examples.