UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
College of EngineeringDepartment of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
EECS 117B - Spring 1997
T. K. Gustafson
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
Course Outline
Chapter, Topics and Sections
1. REVIEW
Review of Maxwell's eqtns., waves, and Poyntings theorem
and forces (3.6-3.13)
Boundary conditions (3.14), Retarded potentials, (3.19-3.21)
2. WAVEGUIDES
General waveguide equations and examples (8.1-8.5)
Planar transmission lines, strip lines (8.6),
Planar dielectric waveguide (14.8)
Rectangular waveguides (8.7-8.8),
Rectangular dielectric waveguides for integrated optics (9.2,14.7)
Circular waveguides, Optical fiber modes (8.9-8.11),(14.9)
Dispersion of signals in waveguides (8.16), (14.11)
Special Guides (9.6-9.10), active waveguides
Floquet's theorem for periodic waveguides
3. INTRODUCTION TO MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL NETWORKS
Review of Network parameters and their measurement (11.1-11.5)
Scattering parameter applications (11.7-11.10)
Frequency characteristics of waveguide networks (11.11-11.14),
Application of quasi-static techniques (11.15)
4. RESONATOR STRUCTURES
Natural oscillations in distributed systems. Natural
frequencies, spatial modes (10.1-10.3),(3.12-3.13)
Rectangular, cylindrical and strip resonators (10.4-10.6)
Small gap cavities, coupling, measurement of Q,
cavity perturbations (10.7-10.12)
Dielectric and plane active optical resonators (10.13)
MIDTERM EXAM
5. RADIATION APPLICATIONS
The biconial, electric dipole, magnetic dipole antennas,
(12.1-12.4)
Half wave dipole, antenna gain, radiation resistance,
reciprocity and the radar equation
SPRING BREAK
6. ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Basic dielectric and magnetic materials (13.1-13.7)7. NUMERICAL METHODS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS
Crank-Nicholson, Split-step, relaxation,
other techniques applied to numerically
treat electro-magnetic propagational problems,
(references will be given)
Numerical solutions to specific problems
Review