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
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%
| Week | Lecture Slides | Additional Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Week-1 | Maxwell's Equations, Boundary Conditions, Energy & Power | Brief History of ME, Maxwell's Equations |
| Week-2 | Electrical Properties of Matter, Lorentz Dispersion Model, Kramers-Kronig Relationship | |
| Week-3 | EM Theorems-1 | |
| Week-4 | EM Theorems-2, Wave Equations and Wave Functions | |
| Week-5 | Plane Waves | |
| Week-6 | Phase and Group Velocity, Complex Waves | |
| Week-7 | Theory of Gaussian Beam | |
| Week-8 | Wave Polarization, Waves at Planar Interfaces-1 | |
| Week-9 | Waves at Planar Interfaces-2, Goss-Hanchen Shift, Electromagnetic Potential and Gauges | |
| Week-10 | Construction of Solutions, Plane Wave Spectral Representation, General Theory of Waveguides | |
| Week-11 | Uniform Rectangular Waveguide and Resonator, Material Slab Waveguide, Cylindrical and Radial Waveguide | |
| Week-12 | Optical Fiber, Theory of Diffraction-1 | |
| Week-13 | Theory of Diffraction-2 | |
| Week-14 | Green's Function |
