Applied Electromagnetics
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Electromagnetics
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Prerequisites: None.
Catalog Description
The methodology and application of advanced electromagnetic theory.Course Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topical Outline
1. Basic Theory
a. Maxwell's Equation in Integral and Differential Form
b. Boundary Conditions
c. Energy and Poynting's Theorem
d. Boundary Value Problems in Two Dimensions
2. Homogeneous Plane Waves
a. Use of Current Sheets as Sources of Plane Waves
b. States of Polarization
c. Examples from Antenna Analysis and Optics
3. Inhomogeneous Plane Waves and the Plane Wave Spectrum
a. Two-Dimensional TE and TM Fields
b. Slow Waves and Impedance Surfaces
c. Plane Wave Spectrum for 2-D & 3-D Fields
4. Radiation Integrals
a. Electromagnetic Potentials & Source-Field Relations
b. Green’s Functions and Far-field Approximations
c. Radiation from Electrically Small Antennas (Linear and Loop)
5. Electromagnetic Analogues of Optical Principles
a. Huygens’ & Love’s Equivalence Principle
b. Babinet's Principle
c. Transmission Coefficients and Scattering Cross Sections
d. Image, Duality, Complementarity Theorems
6. Introduction to Asymptotic Techniques
a. Method of Stationary Phase
b. Geometric Theory of Diffraction
c. Examples of Edge and Slit Diffraction