Gaussian beams formalism for high frequency scattering problems by metallic targets

Mira Kaissar Abboud , Ali Khenchaf (1, 2) , Philippe Pouliguen

1 ENSTA Bretagne - École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne
2 Lab-STICC_PIM - Equipe PIM

The aim of this paper is to apply the Gaussian beam formalism for computing high frequency wave propagation problems. Unlike standard ray theory, Gaussian beams method overcome the difficulties of singular regions. The performance of the method is illustrated with several numerical examples.

Mots clés: Computation theory; Gaussian distribution; Numerical methods; Radar cross section; Wave propagation

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Mira Kaissar Abboud, Ali Khenchaf, Philippe Pouliguen. Gaussian beams formalism for high frequency scattering problems by metallic targets. 2021 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), Nov 2021, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France. pp.109-112, ⟨10.1109/CAMA49227.2021.9703614⟩. ⟨hal-03648191⟩