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Electric waves

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電磁學(二) Take-home Midterm (open book)

(Note: Write the answers with correct units if necessary)


I. Questions
1. (5%) Write the integral form of Maxwell equations in the time domain and identify each
equation with the proper experimental law.
2. (5%) Why is the electric field outside of a perfect conductor perpendicular to the conductor
surface? Why is the magnetic field outside of a perfect conductor tangential to the conductor
surface? Provide your answers with the proper boundary conditions.
3. (5%) What is a TEM wave?
4. (5%) Define group velocity. In what ways is group velocity different from phase velocity?
5. (5%) When does the equivalent permittivity of the ionosphere become negative? What is the
significance of a negative permittivity in terms of wave propagation?
6. (5%) Write the integral form of Poynting’s theorem and provide its physical significance.
7. (5%) Define standing-wave ratio. What is its relationship with reflection coefficient?
8. (5%) Define reflection coefficient and transmission coefficient for a normal incidence from a
lossless dielectric to another lossless dielectric. What is the relationship between them?

II. Problems
1. (5%) The time domain expression of a magnetic field is
⃑H =1.6 sin(ωt +3 0∘ ) a^ x −5.8 cos ( ωt−6 0 ∘) a^ y +(cos ω t−sin ω t) a^ z
Provide its phasor expression.

2. (5%) A uniform plane wave with ⃗ E =^a x E x propagates in a lossless simple medium ( ɛ r=4, μr =1
, σ = 0) in the +z-direction. Assume that E x is sinusoidal with a frequency of 250 MHz and has a

maximum value of +10−4 (V/m) at t = 0 and z = 3 (m). Determine the locations where E x is a
4
positive maximum when t = 2× 10-8(s).

3. (5%) The electric field intensity of a linearly polarized uniform plane wave propagating in the
+z-direction in seawater is ⃗ 6
E =a^ x 100 cos ⁡(8 ×10 πt) (V/m) at z = 0. The constitutive parameters
of seawater are ϵ r =72, μr =1, and σ =4 (S/m). Determine the attenuation constant, phase
constant, intrinsic impedance, phase velocity, wavelength, and skin depth. (Unit of each answer
is required.)

4. (5%) The electric field of a uniform plane wave propagating in a dielectric medium is given by
⃗
E ( t , z )= a^ x sin ⁡¿ (V/m). Find the corresponding magnetic field ⃗
H ( t , z ).

5. Calculations concerning the electromagnetic effect of currents in a good conductor usually


neglect the displacement current even at microwave frequencies.
(a)(5%) Assuming εr = 1, μr = 1, and σ = 4.1×107 (S/m) for gold, calculate the ratio of the
amplitude of the displacement current density to that of the conduction current density at 30
GHz.
(b)(5%) Write the governing differential equation for electric field ⃗
E in a source-free good
conductor.

6. A 5.8 GHz, y-polarized uniform plane wave propagates in the +x-direction in a nonmagnetic
medium having a dielectric constant 2.9 and a loss tangent 0.05.
(a)(5%) Determine the distance over which the amplitude of the propagating wave will be cut in
half.
(b)(5%) Determine the intrinsic impedance, the wavelength, the phase velocity, and the group
velocity of the wave in the medium.

7. A 300 MHz z-polarized uniform plane wave ( ⃑ Ei, ⃑


H i ) propagates in air in the +y-direction and
impinges normally onto a perfectly conducting plane at y = 0. Assume that the amplitude of ⃑ Ei
to be 5 ×10 (V/m).
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(a) (5%) Find the current induced on the perfectly conducting plane.
(b) (5%) Find the time-average Poynting vector in air.

8. A 5 GHz uniform plane wave with parallel polarization is incident from air normally on a 1 cm
thick dielectric slab with μr = 1 and εr = 4, as shown in the right figure.
(a)(5%) Determine the reflection coefficient x
Air Dielectric Air
¿  
Γ ∕ ∕ =¿ ⃗
E 1 r∨ ¿. E1r , H1r E2r , H 2r 
¿⃗
E1 i∨¿ ¿ E ,H
3t 3t
(b)(5%) Determine the transmission coefficient y
r ,  r z
τ ∕ ∕ =¿ ⃗
E3 t∨ ¿ ¿.
¿⃗
E1 i∨¿ ¿  
E1i , H1i E2i , H 2i
z 0 z 1 cm

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