ECE 604 Electromagnetic Field Theory
Instructor: Professor W.C. Chew, x4-4502, Wang 3053, wcchew@purdue.edu
Office Hours: Mon: 3:30-4:30 pm, Wed: 1-2 pm, Thu: 1-2 pm
TA (unofficial): Boyuan ZHANG (zhan3241) and Jie ZHU (zhu797).
Secretary: Lori Carte, Wang 2080, ljcarte@purdue.edu
Recommended Textbook: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, S. Ramo, J.R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, 3rd Ed. (The course will be taught mainly from lecture notes.)
Supplementary Texts: Electromagnetic Wave Theory, J.A. Kong. ECE 350X notes. Theory of Optical and Microwave Guides notes. Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media, Chap. 1. Classical Electrodynamics, J.D. Jackson. Electromagnetic Noise and Quantum Optical Measurements, H.A. Haus.
Fall 2019, EE 236, MWF: 1:30 - 2:20 pm;
Course Outline
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Mon |
Wed |
Fri |
| Week 1, Aug 19 |
1 Introduction, Maxwell's equations. |
2 Maxwell's equations in differential operator form. |
3 Wave equation. Electrostatics. Static Green's function. |
| Week 2, Aug 26 |
4 Magnetostatics. Vector potential. Boundary conditions. Jump conditions. |
5 Biot-Savart law. Conductive media interface. Instantaneous Poynting's theorem. |
6 Time-harmonic fields, phasors. Complex power. |
| Week 3, Sep 2 |
Labor Day |
7 More on constitutive relation. Uniform plane wave. Polarization. |
8 Anisotropic media, uniaxial media. Lorentz force law. Drude-Lorentz-Sommerfeld model |
| Week 4, Sep 9 |
9 Waves in gyrotropic media. |
10 Complex Poynting's theorem. Lossless condition. |
EXAM 1
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| Week 5, Sep 16 |
11. Transmission lines. |
12. Transmission lines--impedance matching. |
13. Multi-section transmission line. Duality principle. |
| Week 6, Sep 23 |
14. Single interface reflection and transmission. TIR. |
15. Brewster angle, surface plasmon polariton. Homomorphism with TL. |
16. Waves in layered media. Phase and group velocity. Transverse resonance. |
| Week 7, Sep 30 |
17. Gen. transverse resonance. Dielectric WG. |
18. Hollow waveguides. Rectangular WG. |
19. Rect. WG. Circular WG. Quasi TEM modes. Hybrid modes. |
| Week 8, Oct 7 |
Fall Break |
20. Homomorphism of waveguides and transmission lines. |
EXAM 2
Waveguides review. |
| Week 9, Oct 14 |
21. Multi-junction waveguides. Cavity resonators. |
22. Q of cavity resonators. |
23. Scalar and vector potential formulation. |
| Week 10, Oct 21 |
24. Circuit theory revisited. |
25. Hertzian dipole, radiation by antennas and sources. |
26. Radiation and far field approx. |
| Week 11, Oct 28 |
27. Radiation by dipole array. |
28. Types of antennas. |
29. Uniqueness principle. |
| Week 12, Nov 4 |
30. Reciprocity theorem.
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31. Equivalence theorem, Huygens' principle |
EXAM 3
32. Shielding, Image theorem.
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| Week 13, Nov 11 |
33. High-frequency solution. Gaussian beams. |
34. Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering. |
35. Spectral representation of sources. |
| Week 14, Nov 18 |
36. Computational EM, FDTD. |
37. Computational EM--FEM, MOM. |
Review. |
| Thanksgiving |
| Week 15, Dec 2 |
38. Quantum theory of light. |
39. Coherent state of light. |
Review. |
| Week 16, Dec 9 |
FINAL EXAM
Phys 111, 1pm-3pm, Dec 10
Open book.
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HW=100 pts, EXAMS 1, 2, 3=300 pts, FINAL EXAM=200 pts, TOTAL=600 pts