Slide Presentations for ECE 329,

Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields,

to supplement “Elements of Engineering
Electromagnetics, Sixth Edition”

by

Nannapaneni Narayana Rao

Edward C. Jordan Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Distinguished Amrita Professor of Engineering
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Reflection and
Transmission of Uniform
Plan Waves
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To satisfy the boundary conditions at we note that (1) the

components of both electric and magnetic fields are entirely
tangential to the interface and (2) in view of the finite
conductivities of the media, no surface current exists on the
interface (currents flow in the volumes of the media)
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We now define the reflection coefficient at the boundary, denoted by

the symbol  to be the ratio of the reflected wave electric field at

the boundary to the incident wave electric field at the boundary

The ratio of the transmitted wave electric field at the boundary to

the incident wave electric field at the boundary, known as the
transmission coefficient (  ) is given by
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Example 4.8 Normal incidence of a uniform plane wave onto a
material medium

Find the reflected and transmitted wave electric and magnetic fields?
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