• 1 Overview, Maxwell's equations
  • 2 Static fields and potentials
  • 3 Lorenz gauge and inhomogeneous wave equation
  • 4 Time-harmonic sources and retarded potentials
  • 5 Vector calculus in spherical coordinates
  • 6 Spherical waves
  • 7 Hertzian dipole fields
  • 8 Radiation fields of dipole antennas
  • 9 Poynting vector, radiated power, radiation resistance
  • 10 Antenna gain, beam pattern, directivity
  • 11 Beam pattern, wave interference
  • 12 Interference, antennas arrays --- cont'd
  • 13 Array feed networks
  • 14 Interference zones, plane waves
  • 15 Plane-wave form of Maxwell's equations, propagation in arbitrary direction
  • 16 Reflection and transmission, TE mode
  • 17 Reflection and transmission, TM mode, Brewster's angle
  • 18 Reflecting plates, monopole antennas, corner reflectors

    Pictures: big antennas Pictures: Arecibo catwalk

  • 19 Total internal reflection and evanescent waves
  • 20 Doppler shift
  • 21 Doppler radars
  • 22 Dispersion and propagation in collisionless plasmas
  • 23 Phase and group velocities and delays

    Animation: group velocity Animation: dispersive vs nondispersive

    Animation: standing waves Animation: Doppler and reflection

  • 24 Evanescent waves and tunneling

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  • 25 Parallel-plate waveguides: TE modes
  • 26 Parallel-plate waveguides: TM modes
  • 27 Parallel-plate waveguides: example problems
  • 28 TM modes in rectangular waveguides
  • 29 TE modes in rectangular waveguides
  • 30 Guide impedance and TL analogies
  • 31 TE modes in dielectric slab waveguides
  • 32 TM modes in dielectric slab waveguides
  • 33 Rectangular cavities
  • 34 Resonant modes and field fluctuations
  • 35 Cavity radiation and thermal noise
  • 36 Antenna reception and links
  • 37 Effective area and reciprocity

    V_th of open short dipole

  • 38 Equivalent circuit models of coupled antennas
  • 39 Links and antenna noise