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Overview
This introduction to electromagnetic waves emphasizes concepts, examples, and problem-solving techniques having wide applicability, and relies only on basic physics and mathematics — rather than electrostatics, magnetostatics, and quasitatics. The focus is on generic problem-solving techniques — both mathematical and physically-intuitive, and the presentation of basic electromagnetic theorems — Poynting, energy, uniqueness, and reciprocity — explained from a physical perspective. Progresses from simple wave propagation in unbounded free space to antenna and resonator design. Presents the fundamental concepts of plane waves, phasors, polarization, energy, power, and force early — and repeatedly applies them throughout the text to problems with progressively more complex boundary conditions. For students and practicing engineers interested in electromagnetic wave phenomena.
Synopsis
This introduction to electromagnetic waves emphasizesconcepts, examples, and problem-solving techniques having wide applicability,and relies only on basic physics and mathematics — rather thanelectrostatics, magnetostatics, and quasitatics. The focus is on genericproblem-solving techniques — both mathematical and physically-intuitive,and the presentation of basic electromagnetic theorems — Poynting,energy, uniqueness, and reciprocity — explained from a physicalperspective. Progresses from simple wave propagationin unbounded free space to antenna and resonator design. Presentsthe fundamental concepts of plane waves, phasors, polarization, energy,power, and force early — and repeatedly applies them throughoutthe text to problems with progressively more complex boundary conditions.For students and practicing engineers interested inelectromagnetic wave phenomena.