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 Problems 695

which is plotted versus kL in Fig. 9-14. This result can be

checked in the limit as L becomes very small (kL << 1) since the
radiation resistance should approach that of a point dipole
given in Section 9-2-5. In this short dipole limit the bracketed
terms in (14) are
sin ---
kL l--- (kL)2
kL 6
lim (kL) 2 (15)
)tL• i coS kL 1
2
kLSi(kL) - (kL)"

so that (14) reduces to

lim R (kL)2 23L- 2

L(2
= 80 L
2
(16)
AL'< 2i 3 3\A A Er

which agrees with the results in Section 9-2-5. Note that for
large dipoles (kL >>1), the sine integral term dominates with
Si(kL) approaching a constant value of 7r/2 so that

lim R -7kL= 60 •- r 2 (17)

kL>1 4 Er A

PROBLEMS

Section 9-1
1. We wish to find the properties of waves propagating
within a linear dielectric medium that also has an Ohmic
conductivity or.
(a) What are Maxwell's equations in this medium?
(b) Defining vector and scalar potentials, what gauge
condition decouples these potentials?
(c) A point charge at r = 0 varies sinusoidally with time as
Q(t) = Re (( e'"). What is the scalar potential?
(d) Repeat (a)-(c) for waves in a plasma medium with
constitutive law
-- = w eE
at
2. An infinite current sheet at z= 0 varies as
Re [K 0 e (' - k"-)ix].
(a) Find the vector and scalar potentials.
(b) What are the electric and magnetic fields?
 696 Radiation

(c) Repeat (a) and (b) if the current is uniformly dis-

tributed over a planar slab of thickness 2a:
jo eij(9-kXi,, -a<z<a
0,
J Izj >a
3. A sphere of radius R has a uniform surface charge dis-
tribution oy= Re (&o e"•' ) where the time varying surface
charge is due to a purely radial conduction current.
(a) Find the scalar and vector potentials, inside and outside
the sphere. (Hint: rep=r 2 +R 2 -2rR cos 0; rQp drQ=
rR sin 0 dO.)
(b) What are the electric and magnetic fields everywhere?

Section 9.2
4. Find the effective lengths, radiation resistances and line
charge distributions for each of the following current dis-
tributions valid for IzI <dl/2 on a point electric dipole with
short length dl:
(a) I(z) = Iocos az
- *1 1
(b) f(z) = Ioe
(c) I(z)= Iocosh az
5. What is the time-average power density, total time-average
power, and radiation resistance of a point magnetic dipole?
6. A plane wave electric field Re (Eo ei ') is incident upon a
perfectly conducting spherical particle of radius R that is
much smaller than the wavelength.
(a) What is the induced dipole moment? (Hint: See
Section 4-4-3.)
(b) If the small particle is, instead, a pure lossless dielectric
with permittivity e, what is the induced dipole moment?
(c) For both of these cases, what is the time-average scat-
tered power?
7. A plane wave magnetic field Re (Ho e••) is incident upon a
perfectly conducting particle that is much smaller than the
wavelength.
(a) What is the induced magnetic dipole moment?
(Hint: See Section 5-7-2ii and 5-5-1.)
(b) What. are the re-radiated electric and magnetic fields?
(c) What is the time-average scattered power? How does it
vary with frequency?
8. (a) For the magnetic dipole, how are the magnetic field
lines related to the vector potential A?
(b) What is the equation of these field lines?
Section 9.3
9. Two aligned dipoles if dl and i2dl are placed along the z
axis a distance 2a apart. The dipoles have the same length

i · I
 Problems 697

2ar
y

'I
while the currents have equal magnitudes but phase
difference X.
(a) What are the far electric and magnetic fields?
(b) What is the time-average power density?
(c) At what angles is the power density zero or maximum?
(d) For 2a = A/2, what values of X give a broadside or
end-fire array?
(e) Repeat (a)-(c) for 2N+ 1 equally spaced aligned dipoles
along the z axis with incremental phase difference Xo.
10. Three dipoles of equal length dl are placed along the z
axis.

I1
A di

I dl' ýp Y

li di

(a) Find the far electric and magnetic fields.

(b) What is the time average power density?
(c) For each of the following cases find the angles where
the power density is zero or maximum.
(i) =Io,12= 21o
(ii) =1 I Il2=
, -21o
(iii) Is = -Is = Io, 12 = 2jIo
 698 Radiation

11. Many closely spaced point dipoles of length dl placed

along the x axis driven in phase approximate a z-directed
current sheet Re (Ko e'"'i) of length L.

(a) Find the far fields from this current sheet.

(b) At what angles is the power density minimum or
maximum?

Section 9.4
12. Find the far fields and time-average power density for
each of the following current distributions on a long dipole:

(a) i(z) Io ( 1 - 2z / L), O<z<L/2

SIo(1+2z/L), -L/2<z<0
Hint:
C e az
Z eaz dz = -(az - 1)
f a
(b) I(z)= Iocos
1z/L, -L/2<z <L/2
Hint:

e
zicos pz dz =e
az (a cos(a2+
pz + p sin pz)
p2)

(c) For these cases find the radiation resistance when

kL << 1.

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