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
Teaching Team (unofficial): Boyuan ZHANG (zhan3241), Jie ZHU (zhu797), and Dr. Dongyeop NA (na32).
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 2020, EE 115, MWF: 10:30 - 11:20 pm;
Very Tentative Course Outline (Revised Mar 12 2020)
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Fri |
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Front Matter |
| Week 1, Jan 13 |
1 Introduction, Maxwell's equations. |
2 Maxwell's equations in differential operator form. |
3 Wave equation. Electrostatics. Static Green's function. |
| Week 2, Jan 20 |
MLK Day |
4 Magnetostatics. Vector potential. Boundary conditions. Jump conditions. |
5 Biot-Savart law. Conductive media interface. Instantaneous Poynting's theorem. |
| Week 3, Jan 27 |
6 Time-harmonic fields, phasors. Complex power. |
7 More on constitutive relation. Uniform plane wave. Polarization. |
8 Anisotropic media, uniaxial media. Lorentz force law. Drude-Lorentz-Sommerfeld model |
| Week 4, Feb 3 |
9 Waves in gyrotropic media. |
10 Complex Poynting's theorem. Lossless condition. |
EXAM 1
Review |
| Week 5, Feb 10 |
11. Transmission lines. |
12. Transmission lines--impedance matching. |
13. Multi-section transmission line. Duality principle. |
| Week 6, Feb 17 |
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 24 |
17. Gen. transverse resonance. Dielectric WG. |
18. Hollow waveguides. Rectangular WG. |
19. Rect. WG. Circular WG. Quasi TEM modes. Hybrid modes. |
| Week 8, Mar 2 |
20. Homomorphism of waveguides and transmission lines. |
21. Multi-junction waveguides. Cavity resonators. |
EXAM 2
22. Q of cavity resonators. |
| Week 9, Mar 9 |
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
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| Week 10, Mar 23 |
26. Radiation and far field approx. |
27. Radiation by dipole array. |
28. Types of antennas. |
| Week 11, Mar 30 |
29. Uniqueness principle. |
30. Reciprocity theorem. |
EXAM 3
Review |
| Week 12, Apr 6 |
31. Equivalence theorem, Huygens' principle |
32. Shielding, Image theorem. |
33. Paraxial wave equation. High frequency scattering. |
| Week 13, Apr 13 |
34. Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering. |
35. Spectral representation of sources. |
36. Computational Electromagnetics, Numerical Methods |
| Week 14, Apr 20 |
37. Finite Difference Method, Yee Algorithm |
38. Quantum theory of light. |
39. Coherent state of light. |
| Week 15, Apr 27 |
| Week 16, May 4 |
FINAL EXAM |
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Bibliography |
HW=100 pts, EXAMS 1, 2, 3=300 pts, FINAL EXAM=200 pts, TOTAL=600 pts