Bistatic Scattering from a Class of Lossy Dielectric Spheres with Surface Impedance Boundary Conditions

Abstract

Expressions are derived for the bistatic scattering cross sections of spheres which exhibit sufficient electric and/or magnetic loss to permit each modal surface impedance in the Mie formulation to be replaced by a single impedance which is the intrinsic impedance of the lossy medium. Typical bistatic scattering curves are presented for several values of the characteristic impedance of the sphere medium.