Potential Integral Equations in Electromagnetics

Abstract

In this work, a new integral equation (IE) based formulation is proposed using vector and scalar potentials for electromagnetic scattering. The new integral equations feature decoupled vector and scalar potentials that satisfy Lorentz gauge. The decoupling of the two potentials allows low-frequency stability. The formulation presented also results in Fredholm integral equations of second kind. The spectral properties of second kind integral operators leads to a well-conditioned system.Comment: This paper was submitted to the proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting in January 201