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1. What are the modes of propagation of electromagnetic waves?
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛:
𝜂2 − 𝜂 1 611 − 120𝜋
𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 = Γ = = = 0.24
𝜂2 + 𝜂 1 611 + 120𝜋
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠: 𝑅 = |Γ|2 = 0.242 = 5.76%
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒: 𝑇 = 1 − 𝑅 = 94.24%
𝑚𝑊
𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟: |𝑃 −| = 5.76% ∗ 120 = 6.9𝑚𝑊/𝑚2
1
𝑚2
𝑚𝑊
𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟: |𝑃 +| = 94.24% ∗ 120 = 113.1𝑚𝑊/𝑚2
2
𝑚2
𝐵𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (|𝑃1−|) 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙
𝑚𝑊
𝑡𝑜: 6.9 𝑚𝑊 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 (|𝑃+|) 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜: 113.1
𝑚2 2 𝑚2
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 94% 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 6% 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
2. An electromagnetic wave of 𝑓 = 47 𝑀𝐻𝑧 and 𝑃 +1 = 120𝑚𝑊/𝑚 2, coming from a
wave generator located 12𝑐𝑚 from the wall, which impinges from the air
(𝜂1 = 120𝜋 𝛺) perpendicularly on a wall with an intrinsic impedance 𝜂2 =
(611) 𝛺 and 20𝑐𝑚 thick. The wall is made of a non-magnetic and non-
dissipative mate rial. On the other side of the wall is a receiver located
20cm away.
𝜇0 𝜂0 2
𝜂 = √ 0 𝜖𝑟 → 𝜖𝑟 = ( )
𝜖 𝜂
120𝜋
2
𝜖𝑟 = ( 611 ) = 0.380
𝐼𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑
𝜂𝑖𝑛 = (380.4465 − 𝑗45.904)Ω
𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑
𝜂𝑖𝑛 − 𝜂𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒
𝛤1 = = 0.008204 − 𝑗0.0601
𝜂𝑖𝑛 + 𝜂𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝜏1 = 1 + Γ1 ⇒ 𝜏 = 1 + 0.00820 = 1.008204 − 𝑗0.0601
𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙
𝑇1 = 1 − |Γ1|2 ⟹ 𝑇1 = 1 − |0.008204 − 𝑗0.0601|2 = 0.9963 = 99.63%
𝑅1 = 1 − 𝑇1 = 1 − 0.9963 = 0.0037 = 0.37%
Electromagnetic waves have been present in our life for a long time, we are in
contact with them on a daily basis, but most people are not even aware of it. A
clear example is the use of cell phones, they emit electromagnetic waves all
the time, which it uses to allow us to communicate with other people.
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