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PHY 256 — E.M. THEORY

BSc BSc Physics · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

The conservation of charge and the equations of continuity Maxwell's equations: i. Maxwell's equations in free space ii. Maxwell's equations in linear isotropic media iii. Maxwell's equations for harmonically varying fields Energy in the electromagnetic field, Poynting theorem. The electromagnetic wave equation. Plane electromagnetic waves in free space. Plane electromagnetic waves in non-conducting isotropic media. Plane electromagnetic waves in conducting media: the "skin depth". Propagation of electromagnetic waves. Polarization of E.M. waves. Boundary conditions of E.M. field vectors at surfaces of discontinuity. Normal and oblique incidence of E.M. waves into a conducting medium. Normal and oblique incidence of E.M. waves into a dielectric medium. Total internal reflection. Tem, TE and TM waves. Transmission lines. Waveguides:. The rectangular waveguides. Time averaged power flow. Cavity resonators.

Credits
2
Level
Level 200

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