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    The document discusses uniform plane waves as solutions to the wave equation in a homogeneous unbounded medium. It defines a uniform plane wave as having time-varying fields that are constant in a plane containing the field vectors and having wave motion perpendicular to that plane. It shows that the electric and magnetic fields of a uniform plane wave are related by the intrinsic impedance of the medium, and that the wave is transverse in nature with the E, H, and k vectors forming a right-handed orthogonal system.

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    Module 4 : Uniform Plane Wave

    Lecture 25 : Solution of Wave Equation in Homogeneous Unbound medium

    Objectives

    In this course you will learn the following

    Uniform plane wave solution to the wave equation.

    Propagation constant of the uniform plane wave.

    Relation between electric and magnetic field for uniform plane wave.

    Intrinsic impedence of the medium.

    Transverse nature of uniform plane wave.


    Module 4 : Uniform Plane Wave

    Lecture 25 : Solution of Wave Equation in Homogeneous Unbound medium

    Uniform Plane Wave


    The time varying fields which can exist in an unbound, homogeneous medium, are constant in a plane containing the field
    vectors and have wave motion perpendicular to the plane. This phenomenon is then called the `Uniform plane wave'.

    Let us take an x-directed - field which is constant in the xy-plane. The field therefore is given as

    Substituting in the wave equation and noting that

    (since is function of Z only)

    we get

    Note that since is a function of only, the partial derivative has been changed to full derivative. The propogation
    constant is defined as

    The phase constant for the medium therefore is and the attenuation constant is zero. The solution of the wave
    equation now is

    The two terms on RHS represent the travelling waves moving in and directions respectively. Since in this case,
    is purely imaginary, (the attenuation constant for the medium is zero) , the two waves travel with constant amplitude and

    their amplitudes are and respectively anywhere in the space.


    Module 4 : Uniform Plane Wave

    Lecture 25 : Solution of Wave Equation in Homogeneous Unbound medium

    Uniform Plane Wave(contd.)

    Substituting for from the above equation in the Maxwell's equation we have

    We can note that the ratio of the electric field and the magnetic field for a wave travelling in direction is

    and that travelling in direction is

    Let us define a quantity called the intrinsic impedance of the medium as

    The intrinsic impedance for a medium serves the same purpose as the characteristic impedance serves for a
    transmission line. The intrinsic impedance is a property of the medium. For the free-space (vacuum),

    The intrinsic impedance of the free-space, is

    For any other medium

    Where and are the relative permeability and relative permittivity of the medium respectively, and the intrinsic
    impedance is
    The uniform plane wave has following properties
    , and direction of the wave are perpendicular to each other. Infact they form right handed orthogonal coordinate
    system when taken in that sequence. This wave, is therefore a 'Transvers Electromagnetic Wave' (TEM) Wave.

    The ratio for the wave is equal to the intrinsic impedance of the medicem, .

    The Vector Magnetic Field for a uniform plane wave is completely defined if the Vector Electric Field and the direction of
    wave is known along with the medium parameters.

    We therefore discuss only the behaviour of the electric field of a plane wave.
    Module 4 : Uniform Plane Wave

    Lecture 25 : Solution of Wave Equation in Homogeneous Unbound medium

    Recap

    In this course you have learnt the following

    Uniform plane wave solution to the wave equation.

    Propagation constant of the uniform plane wave.

    Relation between electric and magnetic field for uniform plane wave.

    Intrinsic impedence of the medium.

    Transverse nature of uniform plane wave.

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