Electromagnetic scattering from three-dimensional cavities via a connection scheme

The electromagnetic scattering from arbitrary three-dimensional cavities is presented. To alleviate computational constraints for three-dimensional problems, a connection scheme is developed based on microwave network theory. This scheme allows the cavity to be divided into sections and each section to be analyzed independently of the rest of the cavity. Each section of the cavity is represented by a generalized admittance matrix which if formulated via a boundary-integral equation approach. Using the concept of input and load admittance, the aperture admittance matrix of the cavity can be derived by cascading the admittance matrices of individual sections. Once the cavity aperture admittance matrix is obtained, the aperture electric field and the backscattered field are found by the standard generalized network formulation. Numerical results are compared against modal solutions of regularly shaped cavities with good agreement. This connection scheme leads to a reduction in computational resources, especially for cavities with one dimension much larger than the other two