Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rojas-Teran April 24, 2006

812 Electromagnetic Guided Waves

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Rigorous treatment of electromagnetic guided waves in various types of planar transmission lines and waveguides,

magnetized ferrites and semiconductors as well as photonic crystals.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Sp Qtr (odd years). 3 G 3 cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 719 or equiv.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Familiarity with Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions, vector potentials, reciprocity theorem

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

none

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

No text

References (supplemental reading)

[1] R. Collin, "Field Theory of Guided Waves," 2nd edition, IEEE Press, 1992

[2] J.D. Joannopoulos, R.D. Meade and J.N. Winn, "Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light," Princeton University

Press, 1995

[3] R.E. Collin, "Foundations for microwave engineering," 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1992

[4] R.S. Elliott, "An introduction to guided waves and microwave circuits," Prentice Hall, 1993

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Students will learn fundamentals of guided wave propagation in planar transmission lines (microstrip, stripline, co-planar,

etc.)

2. Students will learn about variational methods for waveguide discontinuities.

3. Students will learn about waveguiding phenomena in magnetized ferrites and semiconductors.

4. Students will learn about periodic structures, including 1-D, 2-D and 3-D photonic crystals, band gaps and impact of

defects in waveguiding phenomena

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

Review of waveguides and cavities, excitation of modes (3)

Planar transmission lines: microstrip, stripline, coplanar, etc., (4)

Variational methods for waveguide discontinuities (3)

Surface waveguides, including corrugated surfaces (2)

Waveguiding phenomenon in ferrites, magnetized ferrites, applications (4)

Waveguiding phenomenon in semiconductors, magnetized semiconductors, applications (4)

Propagation in 1-D periodic structures, microwave waveguides (3)

1-D, 2-D and 3-D photonic crystals, band gaps, defect (6)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

3 cl.

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