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Theory of Electromagnetic Field

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 9360-0300/04
Abbreviation TEMP
Course title Theory of Electromagnetic Field
Credits 10
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator prof. RNDr. Petr Hlubina, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. STATIONARY FIELD
1.1 Electrostatic field. Calculation field with scalar potential. Multipole expansion of static fields. Energy field.
1.2 Magnetostatic field of permanent magnets and its solution using magnetostatic respectively. vector potential.
1.3 Field of stationary currents. Ohm's law for the circuit with an external source, magnetic field outside circuits.
1.4 Quasistationary field, its definition and solution potentials. System circuits, the oscillation circuit. Skin effect.
2. Nonstationary FIELD
1.2 The laws of conservation of energy and momentum.
2.2 Solution using the scalar and vector potential.
3.2 Multipole expansion of nonstationary field.
3. Propagation of electromagnetic waves
1.3 Wave propagation in a lossless environment. Homogeneous wave equation. Monochromatic plane waves and their properties. Polarization waves. Energy transmitted monochromatic waves.
2.3 Wave propagation in a lossy environment. Generalized wave equation. Properties monochromatic plane waves. Energy transmitted waves absorption.
3.3 Wave propagation in anisotropic dielectric crystals. Material relations and the relative position of the fundamental vector field. Phase and radial velocity monochromatic waves, optical axis. Polarization waves in crystals. Uniaxial crystals.
3.4 Wave propagation in anisotropic media loss. Yehův formalism Jones and Mueller matrices, coherent matrix.
3.5 Wave propagation in environments with induced anisotropy and active media, Magnetic-.
4. WAVES OF CONDUCT interface between two media
1.4 Derivation of the law of reflection and refraction and Fresnel formulas at the interface of two lossless environment from the boundary conditions.
2.4 Reflectance and transmittance between two lossless environment and their dependence on the angle of incidence.
4.3 Total reflection at the interface of two lossless environment, complex shape reflection and transmission coefficients. Reflected and refracted wave at full reflection.
4.4 Reflection and refraction at interfaces lossless and lossy environments.
5.4 Reflection and refraction at the interface of two anisotropic environment.
6.4 Propagation of the electromagnetic waves in multilayers.
4.7 Prismatic weave, tunnel effect, ATR.
5. INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES with periodic structure
5.1 Reflection on 1D and 2D isotropic and lossless lattices.
2.5 Reflection on 1D and 2D anisotropic lattices.

E-learning

Electronic version of "paperback".

Literature

1. Born, M. – Wolf, E.: Principles of Optics. Cambridge University Press, 1999
2. Wangsness, R., K.: Electromagnetic Fields. John Wiley&Sons, 1986
3. Griffiths, D., J.: Introduction to Electrodynamics. Prentice Hall, 1999

Advised literature

1. Yeh, P.: Optical Waves in Layered Media. John Wiley&Sons, New York, 1988
2. Kong, J.A.: Electromagnetic Wave Theory. EMW Publishing, Cambridge, 2000