A New Method to Estimate the Contribution of Geometrical Optics in Arbitrary Linear Stratified Planar Structures

Abstract

Studying the contribution of geometrical optics in arbitrary linear stratified planar structures is of great importance in practical problems. In this article we propose a new procedure based on the Bresler-Marcuvitz transversalization method and equivalent network modeling that is useful for computing source contributions in Wiener-Hopf formulations of complex scattering problems where angular or stratified structures are present. The generalized Wiener-Hopf technique has demonstrated the capability to handle new complex canonical problems through both exact and semianalytical factorization methods.