Electromagnetic Field Theory

About the course

In the course, classical electromagnetism will be described and derived. The course will give knowledge that makes a deep understanding possible as well as an ability to solve concrete problems in electromagnetic field theory. The course contains:

• repetition of vector analysis
• repetition of the electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, including the polarisation field in dielectrics and the magnetisation field in magnetisable media
• potential theory (boundary value problems, uniqueness theorem, method of images, separation of variables) with applications in electrostatics, magnetostatics and stationary current distributions
• induction law and displacement current
• transformation of the electromagnetic field
• Maxwell's equations and derivation of circuit equations (Kirchhoff's laws) from Maxwell's equations
• Poynting's theorem
• wave equation, plane waves and a brief description of waves along different types of waveguides
• field penetration in conducting media
• skin depth
• generation of electromagnetic radiation (inhomogeneous wave equation, retarded potentials)
• electric dipole radiation field.