Scattering of electromagnetic waves by arrays of ferrite cylindrical shells
A method is developed that enables the solution of scattering by a finite number of cylindrical shells in a simple and accurate form. It is based on the analytical formulation using the boundary-value problem and a utilization of a point-matching technique. The method is then applied to study the effect of the shell-wall thickness as well as the effect of the applied dc magnetic field on the scattering properties of arrays of infinite anisotropic cylindrical shells. It is also used to determine the size and spacing of passive dielectric and magnetized ferrite reflectors to improve the directivity of antennas. In this latter case, a combination of the present method and a known space-perturbation technique is employed to optimize the antenna gain.