Electromagnetic wave propagation

Transverse electromagnetic waves propagate in plasmas if their frequency is greater than the plasma frequency. For a given angular frequency, CO, there is a critical density, above which waves do not penetrate a plasma. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas has many uses, especially as a probe of plasma conditions. 

Ray TtiacU.ng. An electromagnetic wave propagating perpendicular to the gradient of the refractive index of the medium will bend in the direction of this gradient. The bending phenomenon is completely described by the ray equation ... 

H. Papas, Theory of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, Dover, New York, 1988. 

Propagation Delay of Lossless Lines. The minimum propagation delay (Tpd expressed in picoseconds per centimeter) for a unit length of lossless line is the inverse of the phase velocity (op) of the electromagnetic waves propagating through the dielectric medium surrounding the conductor line ... 

The interest in superluminal processes has been revived, due to some new experimental results (mainly based on electromagnetic wave propagation) that provided incontrovertible evidence for motions occurring at faster-than-light... 

Figure 4. A typical experimental configuration of surface electromagnetic wave propagation spectroscopy. A surface wave is launched along the surface of a metal using a coupling prism separated by an air gap. The light is coupled out to a detector through another prism.

C. Its electromagnetic wave propagates at the interface with high attenuation. 

THEORY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION, Charles Her-ach Papas. Graduate-level study discusses the Maxwell field equations, radiation from wire antennas, the Doppler effect and more, xiii + 244pp. 5b x 8b. 

Theory of Crystal Dislocations, F.R.N. Nabarro. (65488-5) 18.95 Theory of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, Charles Hcrach Papas. (65678-0) 6.95... 

From preprint servers 319 Ward, D. W. Nelson, K. A. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Simulations of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Using a Spreadsheet. 2004,arXiv physics/0402096.arXiv.org e-Print archive, http //arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402096 (accessed Oct 13,2004). 

Surface plasmon waves (SPW) have been explored almost half a century ago (23, 24). These are surface-bound electromagnetic waves propagating on the dielectric-metal interface. The existence of SPW strongly depends on the refiuctive index of the dielectric medium adjacent to the metal, so it is commonly known that the electromagnetic field of SPW is extended into the medium only to a depth of 200 nm or so (25, 26). Therefore, SPW is very suitable for the measurement of small changes in refractive index of dielectric medium in the vicinity of metal for detecting bio-molecules interaction (26-30). 

Stroud, D., Pan, F.P. Self-consistent approach to electromagnetic wave propagation in composite media Application to model granular metals. Phys. Rev. B 17. 1602-1610 (1978)... 

One important macroscopic quantity related to the optical properties of non-metallic solids is their refractive index, which is closely related to their dielectric constant. Maxwell s equations for electromagnetic waves propagating in absorbing materials (see for instance [43]) lead to wave equations for the electric and magnetic fields in the material, and a solution for the amplitude of one component of these fields is ... 

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