“…[3] Extensive research has been devoted to the evaluation of these integrals through methods such as singularity extraction techniques [Simsek et al, 2006;Polimeridis et al, 2007], the fast Hankel transform [Hanson, 2004;Boix et al, 2007], the steepest descent path [Cui and Chew, 1999;Tsang et al, 2006], the discrete complex image method [Chow et al, 1991;Aksun and Mittra, 1992;Yuan et al, 2006;Zhuang et al, 2007], and acceleration techniques for unbounded integration of oscillating functions [Michalski, 1998]. In particular, the poles and branch points can be avoided by deforming the integration path in the complex k r plane using, for example, rectangular or elliptic contours, and by applying Cauchy's integral theorem [GayBalmaz and Mosig, 1997;Paulus et al, 2000;He et al, 2005;Simsek et al, 2006].…”