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The transmission of an electromagnetic wave through a small aperture in a perfectly conducting screen is examined from the viewpoint of symmetrization.
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Jaggard, D.L., Papas, C.H. On the application of symmetrization to the transmission of electromagnetic waves through small convex apertures of arbitrary shape. Appl. Phys. 15, 21–25 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896885
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