| | 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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