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EI2410 Field Theory for Guided Waves 7.5 credits

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Termin

Information for Spring 2025 TEFRM programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
14 Jan 2025 - 16 Mar 2025
Periods
P3 (7.5 hp)
Pace of study

50%

Application code

60151

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Number of places

Min: 10

Target group

Open to all programmes as long as it can be included in your programme.

Planned modular schedule
No information inserted

Contact

Course coordinator

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus EI2410 (Spring 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus EI2410 (Spring 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • decomposition of the fields and Maxwell's equations in isotropic media
  • analysis of propagating and evanescent TM-, TE- & TEM-modes in metallic hollow waveguides
  • hollow waveguides with rectangular and circular cross-sections
  • application of mode orthogonality at excitation from sources and at energy transport
  • the mode matching method to analyse scattering at discontinuities
  • analysis of attenuation of and coupling between waveguide modes
  • analysis of resonance cavities, orthogonality relations, losses and bandwidth
  • planar dielectric waveguides and optical fibres
  • analysis of the quasi-TEM modes in multiconductor systems

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student shall be able to

  • use the electromagnetic laws combined with mathematical methods to solve electromagnetic field problems.

To obtain higher grades, the student shall be able to

  • demonstrate in-depth conceptual understanding and outline general principles of guided electromagnetic waves.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

  • Knowledge in electromagnetic field theory, 9 higher education credits, equivalent to completed course EI1220 or EI1320.
  • Knowledge in mathematical methods in physics (in particular partial differential equations), 4 higher education credits, equivalent to completed course SI1200 or SF1693 or EI2405.

Active participation in EI2405 whose final examination has not yet been reported to Ladok is equated with course completion.
Being registered for a course counts as active participation.
The term 'final examination' encompasses both the regular examination and the first re-examination.

Recommended prerequisites

Basic courses in electromagnetic theory. Course in mathematical methods in physics and complex analysis are recommended.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PROB - Project work, 2.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TENB - Oral exam, 5.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

Profile picture Martin Norgren

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

EECS/Electrical Engineering

Main field of study

Electrical Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Transitional regulations

For students registered with the course components PROA and TENA, it applies that an approved PROB gives credit for PROA, and that an approved TENB and an approved homework assignment gives credit for TENA. If both PROA and TENA are missing, the student must instead do PROB and TENB.

Supplementary information

In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see: http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex.