Wave propagation
- E-learning portal (OPAL)
- Introduction to
- Maxwell and wave equations, boundary conditions, integral theorems - Wave propagation for homogeneous, isotropic, linear and time-invariant media
- Magnetic and electric vector potential, duality principle
- Hertzian vector
- Green's functions and Green's theorems - Sources of electromagnetic fields
- Elementary radiators, Huygens' principle - Field regions
- reactive near field, radiation near field, far field - Reciprocity theorem
- Applications in field calculation and antenna theory - Reflection & refraction at a dielectric boundary layer
- High-frequency approximation methods (GTD, UTD, PO) - Scattering and inhomogeneous, anisotropic, nonlinear and time-variant media
- Surface scattering, volume scattering, combined scattering models
- Propagation properties - inverse scattering problems