Electromagnetic Fields

Plane Wave Reflection/Transmission

at a dielectric interface (Normal
Incidence)
By

Dr. Sadiq Ullah

Telecom engineering department

UET Peshawar (Mardan campus)
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A wavefront is a surface across which the phase of the wave is constant and
is perpendicular to the direction of the propagation vector or wave vector.
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Voltage reflection
coefficient

Characteristic
Impedance EMF-II (Introduction) 5
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Reflection Coeff= Reflected field/ Incident field

Transmission Coeff= Transmitted field/ Incident field

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Real for lossless

media and
complex for
lossy media
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-ve (z) b/c standing waves

exists in region-1

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The Phasor {E, H} fields in this case in the two regions are written as:
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-ve (z) b/c standing waves exists in region-1

Thus the maximum & Minimum E-fields are give by:

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standing waves exists in region-1

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1≤s≤∞, 0≤ ≤1,

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Plane Waves: Power Flow in Lossless Media
The net power density flowing in medium-1 is given by:

E0= Amplitude of the e-field

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 Plane Waves: Power Flow in Lossless Media

BY definition of reflection and transmission coefficient it can be shown as:

gives

Power Conservation
See Example 8-1 and 8-2, 8-3, and exercises 8-1, 8-2, 8-3
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Example: Plane Wave Incidence

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Example: Plane Wave Incidence

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