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
Other courses on this programme
- FC 281 — FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION III
- FC 282 — FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION IV
- PHY 251 — ELECTRONICS I
- PHY 252 — ELECTRONICS II
- PHY 253 — CLASSICAL MECHANICS I
- PHY 254 — CLASSICAL MECHANICS II
- PHY 255 — THERMODYNAMICS
- PHY 259 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS III
- PHY 260 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS IV
- PHY 261 — PROGRAMMING WITH PASCAL I
- PHY 262 — PROGRAMING WITH PASCAL II
- PHY 263 — NUCLEAR PHYSICS
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