Lesson plan / ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND PROPAGATION

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course Learning advanced vector calculus and differential equations applied to electromagnetic waves, the concept of electromagnetic field, wave and wave propagation, electromagnetic parameters of different media and their effects, the plane wave solutions, reflection and refraction of plane waves and its applications, wave guides and their analysis
Course Content Advanced vector calculus, differential equations, Maxwell's equations, wave concept and time dependent wave equation, time harmonic waves, phasor (complex representation, Helmholtz equation and its solutions, monochromatic plane waves, polarization, reflection and refraction of plane waves from boundaries, wave-guides, mode and cut-off frequency concepts

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction and overview of the course. The main aim and principles of electromagnetic theory. Field and source quantities.
2Review of vector calculus, gradient, divergence, curl concepts, properties and operators. Review of differential equations and complex functions. Maxwell's equations.
3Time dependent wave equation. General solution of time dependent wave equation in one-dimensional space. Constitutional parameters and speed of wave propagation. Comparison of electromagnetic waves with other type of waves (acoustic, elastic, etc)
4Time harmonic waves. Amplitude, phase, phase velocity, frequency, angular frequency, period, wave-length, wave number.
5Complex representation of waves. Maxwell's equations in complex form. Helmholtz (reduced wave) equation and solution. Plane waves. Direction of propagation and equi-phase surfaces. Wave propagation in lossless media. Complex wave number. Effect of conductivity.
6Plane wave solution in two and three-dimensional space. Polarization. Poynting vector. Poynting theorem. Relations between field vectors and Poynting vector.
7Reflection and refraction of plane waves from planar boundaries. Normal incidence case.
8Midterm
9Reflection and refraction of plane waves from planar boundaries. Oblique incidence case. TE and TM polarization. Snell's Law.
10Reflection and refraction of plane waves from planar boundaries. analysis of reflection and refraction phenomenon in terms of constitutive parameters. Total reflection. Brewster angle. Surface waves.
11Reflection and refraction of plane waves from planar boundaries. Reflection from a perfectly electric conducting surface. Wave propagation in layered media.
12General principles of guided waves. Maxwell's equations in closed regions. Parallel plate wave-guide. Mode concept.
13Analysis of rectangular wave-guides.
14Analysis of rectangular wave-guides, cut-off frequency, phase velocity, group velocity, wave parameters

Resources

1- Elements of Electromagnetics, Matthew N.O. Sadiku
2- Field and Wave Electromagnetics, David K. Cheng, 2nd Edition, 1991
3- Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths