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). Grader: Yuqin DUAN (duan35).
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.
Spring 2019, EE 115, M: 2:30 - 3:20 pm; WF 10:30 - 11:20 am
Very Tentative Course Outline (Revised Apr 10, 2019)
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Wed |
Fri |
| Week 1, Jan 7 |
1 Introduction, Maxwell's equations. |
2 Maxwell's equations in differential operator form. |
3 Wave equation. Electrostatics. Static Green's function. |
| Week 2, Jan 14 |
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, Jan 21 |
MLK Day |
7 More on constitutive relation. Uniform plane wave. Polarization. |
8 Anisotropic media, uniaxial media. Lorentz force law. Drude-Lorentz-Sommerfeld model |
| Week 4, Jan 28 |
9 Waves in gyrotropic media. |
University closed due to inclement weather. |
EXAM 1
10 Complex Poynting's theorem. Lossless condition.
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| Week 5, Feb 4 |
11. Transmission lines. |
12. Transmission lines--impedance matching. |
13. Multi-section transmission line. Duality principle. |
| Week 6, Feb 11 |
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, Feb 18 |
17. Gen. transverse resonance. Dielectric WG. |
18. Hollow waveguides. Rectangular WG. |
19. Rect. WG. Circular WG. Quasi TEM modes. Hybrid modes. |
| Week 8, Feb 25 |
20. Homomorphism of waveguides and transmission lines. |
21. Multi-junction waveguides. Cavity resonators. |
EXAM 2
22. Q of cavity resonators. |
| Week 9, Mar 4 |
23. Scalar and vector potential formulation. |
24. Circuit theory revisited. |
25. Hertzian dipole, radiation by antennas and sources. |
| Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
| Week 10, Mar 18 |
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| Week 11, Mar 25 |
26. Radiation and far field approx. |
27. Radiation by dipole array. |
28. Types of antennas. |
| Week 12, Apr 1 |
29. Uniqueness principle.
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30. Reciprocity theorem. |
EXAM 3
31. Equivalence theorem
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| Week 13, Apr 8 |
Review. |
32. Image Theorem. |
33. Paraxial wave equation. High frequency scattering. |
| Week 14, Apr 15 |
34. Rayleigh scattering. Mie scattering. |
35. Plane wave expansion of point source field. |
36. Computational EM, FEM, and MOM. |
| Week 15, Apr 22 |
37. Finite difference method-FDTD, FDFD. |
38. Quantum theory of light. |
39. Coherent state of light. |
| Week 16, Apr 29 |
FINAL EXAM
10:30 am, EE 117
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HW=100 pts, EXAMS 1, 2, 3=300 pts, FINAL EXAM=200 pts, TOTAL=600 pts