Problem 8.

6 A 50-MHz plane wave with electric field amplitude of 50 V/m is

normally incident in air onto a semi-infinite, perfect dielectric medium with r = 36.
Determine the following:
(a)
(b) The average power densities of the incident and reflected waves.
(c) The distance in the air medium from the boundary to the nearest minimum of
the electric field intensity, |E|.
Solution:
(a)
r
2 120 120
1 = 0 = 120 (), 2 = = = = 20 (),
2 r2 6
2 1 20 120
= = = 0.71.
2 + 1 20 + 120

Hence, || = 0.71 and = 180 .

(b)

i |E0i |2 (50)2
Sav = = = 3.32 (W/m2 ),
21 2 120
r
Sav = ||2 Savi
= (0.71)2 3.32 = 1.67 (W/m2 ).

(c) In medium 1 (air),

c 3 108
1 = = = 6 m.
f 5 107
From Eqs. (8.16) and (8.17),

r 1 6
lmax = = = 1.5 m,
4 4
1
lmin = lmax = 1.5 1.5 = 0 m (at the boundary).
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