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On the time-domain version of the optical theorem

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Summary, in English

The time domain version of the optical theorem is discussed. The theorem relates the sum of the scattered and absorbed energies, for a plane pulse that is scattered from a bounded obstacle, to the far field amplitude in the forward direction. Several fundamental results concerning the scattered and absorbed energies that follow from the theorem and from causality are discussed. Some results are verified by numerical calculations.

Publishing year

2000

Language

English

Pages

344-349

Publication/Series

American Journal of Physics

Volume

68

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Association of Physics Teachers

Topic

  • Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Status

Published

Research group

  • Electromagnetic theory

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0002-9505