Monte Carlo Simulation of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Dense Random Media with Dielectric Spheroids

We study the electromagnetic wave propagation in three-dimensional (3-D) dense random discrete media containing dielectric spheroidal scatterers. We employ a Monte Carlo method in conjunction with the Method of Moments to solve the volume integral equation for the electric field. We calculate the effective permittivity of the random medium through a coherentfield approach and compare our results with a classical mixing formula. A parametric study on the dependence of the effective permittivity on particle elongation and fractional volume is included. key words: electromagnetic wave propagation, Monte Carlo

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