Diffraction by a cylinder with a dielectric shell. Surface waves and an antiradar coating

The field formed during diffraction by a circular cylinder with a dielectric shell can be represented in the form of a Watson series, i.e., as a set of azimuthal waves. The structure, velocity, and attenuation of these waves are found. It is shown that the process during which surface waves excited in the presence of diffraction by any guiding nonplanar surface carry away a portion of the incident energy and reduce the scattered wave can be used for creating a coating in the form of a dielectric layer.