Babinet's Principle in the Fraunhofer Diffraction by a Finite Thin Wire

Abstract

The scattered waves by a thin finite wire are evaluated by using the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integral in the Fraunhofer approximation. The scattered fields by the complementary thin wire are also obtained with the aid of the Babinet's principle. The scattering integrals are evaluated directly. It is shown that Babinet's principle holds excellently for this problem. The scattered fields are examined numerically. (C) 2010 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.