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/* EM.Libera's Simulation Data & Observables */
[[Image:Info_icon.png|40px]] Click here to learn more about '''[[Data_Visualization_and_Processing#Rational_Interpolation_of_Port_Characteristics | Rational Interpolation of Scattering Parameters]]'''.
Depending on the types of objects present in your project workspace, EM.Libera performs either a Surface MoM simulation or a Wire MoM simulation. In the former case, the electric and magnetic surface current distributions on the surface of PEC and dielectric objects can be visualized. In the latter case, the linear electric currents on all the wires and wireframe objects can be plotted.
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EM.Libera allows you to visualize the near fields at a specific field sensor plane of arbitrary dimensions. Calculation of near fields is a post-processing process and may take a considerable amount of time depending on the resolution that you specify.
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You need to define a far field observable if you want to plot radiation patterns of your physical structure in EM.Libera. After a 3D MoM simulation is finished, three radiation patterns plots are added to the far field entry in the Navigation Tree. These are the far field component in Theta direction, the far field component in Phi direction and the total far field.
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When the physical structure is excited by a plane wave source, the calculated far field data indeed represent the scattered fields. EM.Libera calculates the radar cross section (RCS) of a target. Three RCS quantities are computed: the θ and φ components of the radar cross section as well as the total radar cross section, which are dented by σ<sub>θ</sub>, σ<sub>φ</sub>, and σ<sub>tot</sub>. In addition, EM.Libera calculates two types of RCS for each structure: '''Bi-Static RCS''' and '''Mono-Static RCS'''. In bi-static RCS, the structure is illuminated by a plane wave at incidence angles θ<sub>0</sub> and φ<sub>0</sub>, and the RCS is measured and plotted at all θ and φ angles. In mono-static RCS, the structure is illuminated by a plane wave at incidence angles θ<sub>0</sub> and φ<sub>0</sub>, and the RCS is measured and plotted at the echo angles 180°-θ<sub>0</sub>; and φ<sub>0</sub>. It is clear that in the case of mono-static RCS, the PO simulation engine runs an internal angular sweep, whereby the values of the plane wave incidence angles θ and φ are varied over the entire intervals [0°, 180°] and [0°, 360°], respectively, and the backscatter RCS is recorded.
