A comprehensive survey of boundary conditions as applied in antenna
and microwave engineering, material physics, optics, and general
electromagnetics research.
Boundary conditions are essential for determining electromagnetic
problems. Working with engineering problems, they provide analytic
assistance in mathematical handling of electromagnetic structures, and
offer synthetic help for designing new electromagnetic structures.
Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics describes the most-general
boundary conditions restricted by linearity and locality, and analyzes
basic plane-wave reflection and matching problems associated to a planar
boundary in a simple-isotropic medium.
This comprehensive text first introduces known special cases of
particular familiar forms of boundary conditions -- perfect
electromagnetic conductor, impedance, and DB boundaries -- and then
examines various general forms of boundary conditions. Subsequent
chapters discuss sesquilinear boundary conditions and practical
computations on wave scattering by objects defined by various boundary
conditions. The practical applications of less-common boundary
conditions, such as for metamaterial and metasurface engineering, are
referred to throughout the text. This book:
- Describes the mathematical analysis of fields associated to given
boundary conditions
- Provides examples of how boundary conditions affect the scattering
properties of a particle
- Contains ample in-chapter exercises and solutions, complete
references, and a detailed index
- Includes appendices containing electromagnetic formulas, Gibbsian 3D
dyadics, and four-dimensional formalism
Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics is an authoritative text for
electrical engineers and physicists working in electromagnetics
research, graduate or post-graduate students studying electromagnetics,
and advanced readers interested in electromagnetic theory.
