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Diffraction patterns are calculated for a cylindrical electromagnetic wave incident normally on a dielectric cylinder of infinite length whose diameter is comparable to the wavelength. Reasonably good agreement is obtained when the results are compared with published experimental results.
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Froese et al. (1954) studied this question.
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