GROUP VELOCITY AND POWER FLOW RELATIONS FOR SURFACE WAVES IN PLANE-STRATIFIED ANISOTROPIC MEDIA

Abstract

Two aspects of power flow associated with electromagnetic waves in plane-stratified, dispersive, anisotropic media that are also lossless and linear are considered. One aspect is the relation between group velocity and the velocity of energy transport of surface waves in such media. It is shown that the group velocity of surface wave is equal to the ratio of the real part of the complex Poynting vector, integrated over the coordinate of stratification, to the corresponding integral of the stored energy density. The second aspect is the relation between the dyadic surface impedance representing either a slab of plane-stratified medium above a perfectly conducting plane or a semi-infinite region, the latter for the case of evanescent fields, and the power flow in the respective structures. The significance of the surface impedance and power relations for surface waves is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 1965
Accession Number
AD0478431

Entities

People

  • A. Hessel
  • H. L. Bertoni

Organizations

  • New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemistry
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Frequency
  • Group Velocity
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics
  • Standards
  • Surface Waves
  • Wave Power

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.