ECL71590: Advanced Electromagnetics

Offered in Fall Semester

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Instructor: Abhishek Sharma
Lecture: Monday and Wednesday (11:00-11:50 am), Friday (10:00-10:50 am) [Slot-D]
Office Hour: Friday (4:00-5:00 pm)

Minor Exam: September 15-20, 2026
Major Exam: November 19-26, 2026

Holidays: August 26, September 4, October 2, October 20
No Class Day: October 30
Semester Break: November 2-8

Course Description

This is advanced level course on electromagnetic theory for PG and final year UG students. This course builds upon UG electromagnetic engineering courses and enables the students to gain an in-depth understanding of electromagnetic concepts, theorems, and analytical techniques. Topics covered include temporal and frequency domian Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions, wave propagation in different media, material polarization and dielectrics, electromagnetic theorems, wave polarization, poincare sphere, waves at planr interfaces, guided waves, Green's function, paraxial wave, Gaussian beam, Goos-Haenchen Shift, angular spectrum of plane waves.

Recommended Texts

R. F. Harrington, Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields, IEEE Press (Wiley).
C. A Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics, 3rd edition, Wiley.
J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition, Wiley.

Evaluation

Following components are the part of overall evaluation:

Mid-Semester Exam: 15 %
Quizzes: 15 %
Assignment: 20 %
Major Exam: 50%

Lecture Schedule

Date	Lecture Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading
31 July	Introduction to Course, Maxwell's Equations	Maxwell's Equations	RFH: Chapter-1 (1.1-1.4)
03, 05, 07 Aug.	Maxwell's Equations, Boundary Conditions, Energy and Power	Boundary Conditions Energy and Power