Electromagnetic Surface-Wave Propagation over a Rectangular-Bonded Wire Mesh

The electromagnetic surface wave which can propagate over a rectangular wire mesh of infinite extent is considered. The propagaton constant is determined both from a rigorous Floquet formulation and an approximate method using averaged boundary conditions. The agreement is fairly good for sufflciently small mesh dimensions. The rectangular mesh is found to be highly anisotropic, and the possibility of an effective anisotropic transfer inductance representation for the mesh is discussed briefly.