Uniqueness of Plane Wave Integral Representation for Idealized Fields in Reverberation Chambers

Author

Hill, David A.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

57

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Jun-15

Firstpage

584

Lastpage

586

Abstract

A plane wave integral representation for fields in reverberation chambers has been found useful for the idealized case of well-stirred fields. The representation satisfies Maxwell´s equations, and the statistical properties of the fields are obtained by letting the angular spectrum be a random variable with appropriate statistical properties. This representation yields the expected idealized ensemble (stirring) averages, in particular, spatial uniformity and isotropy. The purpose of this letter is to show that this representation is unique in that no other field representation will yield these desired ensemble averages.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; reverberation chambers; statistical analysis; Maxwell equations; angular spectrum; idealized fields; isotropy; plane wave integral representation; reverberation chambers; spatial uniformity; statistical property; well-stirred fields; Antenna measurements; Cavity resonators; Electromagnetics; Random variables; Reverberation chambers; Standards; Testing; Electric field; field uniformity; magnetic field; reverberation chamber; statistical electromagnetics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9375

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEMC.2015.2406253

Filename

7063217