Response of various targets to RF pulses

Abstract

This paper investigates the electromagnetic response of various targets, including dipoles, monopoles, cavities and transmission lines to an RF pulse. We use both frequency-domain and time-domain simulation codes to compute the pulse response of various targets. We consider the response to pulses as short as 10–15 cycles of a sinusoidal signal, and investigate the early time and late time behaviour of the time domain response.