Wave-Amplitude Transmission Matrix Approach to the Analysis of the Electromagnetic Planewave Reflection and Transmission at Multilayer Material Boundaries = Wave-Amplitude Transmission Matrix Approach to the Analysis of the Electromagnetic Planewave Reflection and Transmission at Multilayer Material Boundaries

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This paper presents an approach to the problem of electromagnetic planewave reflection and transmission at multilayer material boundaries based on the wave-amplitude matrix method. In this approach, an analogy of the problem to an equivalent transmission line is evoked and the problem of electromagnetic reflection and transmission at material boundaries is modeled with a cascaded connection of a transmission line impedance step and a transmission line section. The generalized scattering matrix formulation is presented for a two-port network followed by the wave-amplitude matrix method for a cascaded two-port network. The wave-amplitude matrix method is then applied to the cascaded connection of transmission lines. Finally the proposed method is applied to the analysis of an anti-reflection coating and a half-wave radome.