Fundamentals of Wave Phenomena: (Electromagnetic Waves)

This textbook is written for use in any university course related to the physics of waves, wave theory, and electromagnetic waves in departments such as Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Mathematics. The only prerequisite knowledge is a course in calculus. This textbook provides a unified treatment of waves that either occur naturally or can be excited and propagate in various media. This includes both longitudinal and transverse waves. The book covers both mechanical and electrical waves, which are normally covered separately due to their differences in physical phenomena. This text focuses more on the similarities of all waves, mechanical or electromagnetic, and therefore allows the reader to formulate a unified understanding of wave phenomena in its totality. This second edition contains extensive updates and advances in the understanding of wave phenomena since the publication of the first edition (1985). Numerous additional problems are now present and several chapters have been rewritten and combined. This title presents a unified treatment of wave phenomena. It includes numerical techniques using MATLAB. Both mechanical and electrical waves are described. Necessary mathematics required to understand the material summarized within. Only prerequisite is an introductory course in calculus.

Table of Contents:
1. Review of Oscillations; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Mass - Spring System; 1.3 Energy Tossing in Mechanical Oscillations; 1.4 Other Mechanical Oscillation Systems; 1.5 Electromagnetic Oscillation; 1.6 Damped Oscillation; 1.7 Forced Oscillation; 2. Wave Motion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Creation of Waves on a String; 2.3 Sinusoidal (Harmonic) Waves; 2.4 Wave Differential Equation, Partial Differentiation; 2.5 Nonsinusoidal Waves; 2.6 Phase and Group Velocities, Dispersion; 2.7 Superposition of Two Waves, Beats; 3. Some Mathematics; 4. Mechanical Waves; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mass - Spring Transmission Line; 4.3 Derivation of Wave Equation; 4.4 Energy Carried by Waves; 4.5 Momentum Carried by Waves; 4.6 Transverse Waves on a String; 5. Sound Waves in Solids, Liquids, and Gases; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sound Velocity Along a Solid Rod; 5.3 Rigorous Derivation of Sound Velocity Along a Solid Rod; 5.4 Sound Waves in Liquids; 5.5 Sound Waves in Gases; 5.6 Intensity of Sound Waves in Gases; 6. Wave Reflection and Standing Waves; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Reflection at a Fixed Boundary, Standing Waves; 6.3 Reflection at a Free Boundary; 6.4 Theory of Wave Reflection, Mechanical Impedance; 7. Spherical and Cylindrical Waves; Waves in Nonuniform Media, and Multidimensional Waves; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Conservation of Energy Flow, Spherical Waves; 7.3 Cylindrical Waves; 7.4 Nonuniform Wave Medium; 7.5 Multidimensional Waves; 8. Doppler Effect of Sound Waves and Shock Waves; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Stationary Sound Source and Moving Observer; 8.3 Moving Sound Source and Stationary Observer; 8.4 General Expression for Doppler-Shifted Frequency; 8.5 Shock Waves; 9. Electromagnetic Waves; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Wave Equation for an LC Transmission Line; 9.3 Coaxial Cable; 9.4 Poynting Vector; 9.5 Plane Electromagnetic Waves in Free Space; 9.6 Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves; 9.7 Electromagnetic Waves in Matter; 10. Radiation of Electromagnetic Waves; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Fields Associated with Stationary Charge and Charge Moving with a Constant Velocity; 10.3 Radiation Fields Due to an Accelerated (or Decelerated) Charge; 10.4 Radiation from an Oscillating Dipole and Dipole Antenna; 11. Interference and Diffraction; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Interference Between Two Harmonic Waves; 11.3 Young's Experiment; 11.4 Multislit Structure; 11.5 Optical Interference in Thin Films; 11.6 Diffraction I (Fraunhofer diffraction); 11.7 Resolution of Optical Devices; 11.8 Diffraction II (Fresnel diffraction); 12. Geometrical Optics; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Reflection and Refraction; 12.3 Total Reflection; 12.4 Reflection at Spherical Surfaces (Mirrors); 12.5 Spherical Aberration of Mirrors; 12.6 Refraction at Spherical Surfaces; 12.7 Lenses; 12.8 Chromatic Aberration; 12.9 Optical Instruments; 12.10 Physical Meaning of Focusing; 13. Fourier Analyses and Laplace Transformation; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Sum of Harmonic Functions; 13.3 Fourier Series; 13.4 Fourier Spectrum; 13.5 Operator Method; 13.6 Laplace Transform; 14. Particle Nature of Light; 14.1 Introduction; 14.2 Photoelectric Effect and Einstein's Photon Theory; 14.3 Hydrogen Atom; 14.4 De Broglie Wave; 15. Nonlinear Waves; 15.1 Introduction; 15.2 Nonlinear Wave Equations; 15.3 Characteristics; 15.4 Self-Similarity; 16. Solitons and Shocks; 16.1 Introduction; 16.2 FPU Recurrence; 16.3 Properties of Solitons; 16.4 Shocks; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author :
Akira Hirose was born in Nagano, Japan, and received B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Yokohama National University, and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, all in electrical engineering. After PDF at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he joined the Plasma Physics Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan, where he is Professor and Director. His main interests have been in plasma waves and instabilities, tokamak physics using STOR-M tokamak, and plasma assisted material synthesis. He authored and co-authored more than 300 refereed journal articles. He is Fellow of APS, IEEE, and Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science), and he has been Canada Research Chair since 2001. Karl E. Lonngren received his B.S., M.S. and PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa since 1965