COURSE SYLLABUS
ECE 811

Electromagnetic Field Theory III

Spring 2006

Summary: Green’s functions, spectral representations, sources in layered media, dyadic Green’s functions, periodic structures, time-domain fields and transients, integral equations.

Place: CL 135 (tentative)

Class Time: 11:30-12:18 AM, MWF

Suggested reading:

Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics (Wiley).

Collin, Field Theory of Guided Waves (IEEE Press)

Harrington, Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields (IEEE Press)

Chew, Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media (IEEE Press)

Prerequisite: ECE 810 (or permission of instructor).

Instructor: Fernando L. Teixeira

Office: DL 312

e-mail: teixeira@ece.osu.edu

Outline:

1. Sturm-Liouville operator

2. One dimensional Green’s function

3. Scalar Green’s functions

4. Spectral representation of sources

5. Sources in layered media and Sommerfeld integrals

6. Dyadic Green’s functions

7. Time-domain fields, retarded potentials, and transients

8. Periodic structures

9. Integral equations

Grading policy and exam dates: Project Presentation (30%), Midterm 1 (20%), Midterm 2 (20%), Homework assignments (30%). Midterm exam dates to be determined.