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Incomputational electromagnetics, thescattering-matrix method (SMM) is anumerical method used to solveMaxwell's equations,[1] related to thetransfer-matrix method.
SMM can, for example, use cylinders to modeldielectric/metal objects in the domain.[2]The total-field/scattered-field (TF/SF) formalism where the total field is written as sum of incident and scattered at each point in the domain:
By assuming series solutions for the total field, the SMM method transforms the domain into a cylindrical problem. In this domain total field is written in terms ofBessel andHankel function solutions to the cylindricalHelmholtz equation. SMM method formulation, finally helps compute these coefficients of the cylindrical harmonic functions within the cylinder and outside it, at the same time satisfying EM boundary conditions.
Finally, SMM accuracy can be increased by adding (removing) cylindrical harmonic terms used to model the scattered fields.
SMM, eventually leads to a matrix formalism, and the coefficients are calculated through matrix inversion. ForN-cylinders, each scattered field modeled using 2M+1 harmonic terms, SMM requires to solve aN(2M + 1) system of equations.
SMM, is a rigorous and accurate method deriving from first principles. Hence, it is guaranteed to be accurate within limits of model, and not show spurious effects of numerical dispersion arising in other techniques likeFinite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method.
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