Electromagnetic Waves

This chapter contains sections titled:

• The Time-Invariant Maxwell Equations

• The Electromagnetic Traveling Wave

• Power Density

• The Polarization Ellipse

• Polarization Vector and Polarization Ratio

• Circular Wave Components

• Change of Polarization Basis

• Ellipse Characteristics in Terms of P and Q

• Coherency and Stokes Vectors

• The Poincar�� Sphere

• References

• Problems

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