We present a computationally efficient algorithm which combines the finite element method with Pade approximation. The combination is used to solve the problem of transverse magnetic and transverse electric scattering from homogeneous lossy dielectric cylinders over a continuous range of the complex permittivity variable by requiring the finite element solution only at a single complex permittivity value. The proposed method is based on (1) assuming a power series expansion for the unknown solution vector, the excitation vector, and the system matrix, (2) substituting this into the system matrix equation, and (3) finding the recursion relation for the solution vectors.

Title

Radio Sci., 37(1), 1012, doi:10.1029/2000RS002614

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Publisher Country

United States of America

Indexing

Thomson Reuters

Impact Factor

1.0

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

--

Year

2002

Pages

5