A local-ether model of propagation of electromagnetic wave

It is pointed out that the classical propagation model can be in accord with the Sagnac effect due to earth's rotational and orbital motions in the high-precision GPS (global positioning system) and interplanetary radar, if the reference frame of the classical propagation medium is endowed with a switchability according to the location of the wave. Accordingly, it is postulated that, as in the obsolete theory, electromagnetic waves propagate via a medium like the ether. However, the ether is not universal. It is proposed that in the region under sufficient influence of the gravity due to the earth, the sun, or another celestial body, there forms a local ether, which in turn is stationary with respect to the gravitational potential of the respective body. For earthbound and interplanetary propagation, the medium is stationary in a geocentric and a heliocentric inertial frame, respectively. An electromagnetic wave propagates at a constant speed with respect to the associated local ether, independent of the motions of source and receiver. Based on this local-ether model of wave propagation, a wide variety of earthbound, interplanetary, and interstellar propagation phenomena are accounted for. Strong evidence of this new classical model is its consistent account of the Sagnac effect due to earth's motions among GPS, the intercontinental microwave link, and the interplanetary radar. Moreover, as examined within the present precision, this model is still in accord with the Michelson–Morley experiment. To test the local-ether propagation model, a one-way-link rotor experiment is proposed. Received: 11 January 2001 / Revised version: 10 May 2001 / Published online: 19 September 2001     

Local spectral time-domain method for electromagnetic wave propagation

We explore the feasibility of using a local spectral time-domain (LSTD) method to solve Maxwell's equations that arise in optical and electromagnetic applications. The discrete singular convolution (DSC) algorithm is implemented in the LSTD method for spatial derivatives. Fourier analysis of the dispersive error of the DSC algorithm indicates that its grid density requirement for accurate simulations can be as low as approximately two grid points per wavelength. The analysis is further confirmed by numerical experiments. Our study reveals that the LSTD method has the potential to yield high resolution for solving large-scale electromagnetic problems.     

WiFi电磁波能量在砖墙中的传播特性研究

WiFi电磁波的穿墙能力直接影响通信的效果和质量.结合砖墙的电磁特征,理论分析了WiFi电磁波在砖墙中的传播特性,推导出了WiFi电磁波穿墙厚度与平均功率流密度的关系式,给出能量传输实例及图像.结果表明:WiFi电磁波能穿透砖墙,穿透过程中信号能量逐渐衰减,但是衰减较小.因此,砖墙对WiFi通信连接的阻碍作用并不大.     

A new phase-screen method for electromagnetic wave propagation in turbulent flows using large-eddy simulation

Use of large-eddy simulation (LES) data in electromagnetic wave propagation modeling is not very common because of the high computational cost involved. A new phase-screen method is proposed to model radio wave propagation, in the atmospheric turbulence, using the resolved scale refractivity obtained from LES. The proposed method offers the same level of accuracy, as the one already existing in the literature, at much cheaper cost.     

Theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in a longitudinally periodic cylinder

Thinking of photonic crystals, we investigate the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in a perfectly conducting semi-cylinder endowed with a periodic permittivity along its axis while its circular base is illuminated by an harmonic Bessel beam, symmetric around the cylinder axis. We prove that the Floquet-Bessel expansions of electromagnetic fields whose Floquet parts are solutions of a Mathieu equation. is a suitable tool to handle this kind of problems.     

Experimental study of electromagnetic wave propagation in dense random media

Controlled experiments have been conducted to measure the propagation of synthetically generated pulses in dense random media. The dense media were prepared by embedding spherical dielectric scatterers in a homogeneous background medium: the size and volume fraction of the scatterers were the controlled parameters. A network analyser-based system operating in the frequency domain was used to measure the electric field reflected and transmitted by slab-shaped samples of dense media as the source signal was swept from 26.5 to 40 GHz. An inverse Fourier transform was used to convert the frequency domain response into time domain pulse waveforms. The time domain response was then used to obtain pulse propagation velocity and attenuation in the controlled samples. The experimental results are shown to be in general agreement with dense medium theories.     

Angular spectrum approach to electromagnetic wave propagation in inhomogeneous media

The angular spectrum representation of the electromagnetic wave field is employed to solve the wave propagation in a weakly inhomogeneous medium. Taking the two-dimensional spatial Fourier transform of the radiation field as well as of the dielectric constant, the angular amplitude is shown to satisfy an integro-differential equation. A similar equation is also applicable for the propagation of radiation in a non-linear medium. This integro-differential equation is solved for two specific cases of interest, namely that of a stratified medium and of a square-law medium.     

Theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in superlattices with optically anisotropic layers

A formalism is developed to find the photon dispersion relations in superlattice systems having layers with low optical symmetry or having magnetic layers. This formalism is an exact solution of the first order Maxwell's equations including all the information for the anisotropic optical response tensors and including the coupling of the TE and TM modes. Based on a 4×4 matrix approach for solving complicated reflection and transmission problems in stratified anisotropic media and employing a plane wave expansion of the field components to take into account the periodicity of the superlattices, the photon dispersion relation can be obtained numerically with a simple algorithm. This result is useful in predicting the absence of certain electromagnetic modes along the superlattice axis, and in identifying observed resonances with a particular excitations of the system.     

Monte Carlo simulation of the electromagnetic wave propagation in the duststorm

Monte Carlo simulations of the extinction rate of electromagnetic wave propagation in the duststorm were presented. The numerical procedure was based on the multiple scattering and independent scattering. The calculated multiple scattering attenuation rate is in good agreement with the measured one, but differs significantly from those obtained under the independent scattering assumption. At the same time, the factors of size parameter, frequency of incident wave, the angle of incident, and sands permittivity and water content have been considered in the attenuation of electromagnetic wave propagation in the duststorm. Numerical results obtained showed that the attenuation rate increases as the fractional volume, frequency of incident wave and sands permittivity increase, and as the angle of incident increases, the attenuation rate decreases. Supported by the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10532040)     

Attenuation of electromagnetic wave propagation in sandstorms incorporating charged sand particles

A theoretical approach for predicting the attenuation of microwave propagation in sandstorms is presented, with electric charges generated on the sand grains taken into account. It is found that the effect of electric charges distributed partially on the sand surface is notable. The calculated attenuation is in good agreement with that measured in certain conditions. The distribution of electric charges on the surface of sand grains, which is not easy to measure, can be approximately determined by measuring the attenuation value of electromagnetic waves. Some effects of sand radius, dielectric permittivity, frequency of electromagnetic wave, and visibility of sandstorms on the attenuation are also discussed quantitatively. Finally, a new electric parameter is introduced to describe the roles of scattering, absorption and effect of charges in attenuation.     

An electromagnetic wave propagation in a non-uniform plasma controlled by EIT

We investigate the conditions in which the propagation of an electromagnetic wave is changed from transparency to cutoff in a non-uniform plasma. The allowed frequency range of the driving wave is obtained for the case that the probe frequency is above the plasma frequency. The effect of the power of the driving field on the range is analyzed. Received 23 May 2001     

一种传播速度可以是任意值的特殊电磁波

通过对一个具体事例的求解--一种特殊静磁场的坐标变换,得出了一种特殊的电磁波,它的传播速度可以是任意值.指出了这种特殊的电磁波与传统意义上的电磁波的本质区别,并对一般意义的电磁波与传统意义上的电磁波的概念进行了厘清.本文对于深刻理解和认识电磁场、电磁场的坐标变换和电磁波具有一定意义.     

Effects of charged sand on electromagnetic wave propagation and its scattering field

Based on the Rayleigh’s scattering theory, the effects of sandstorms on the propagation of electromagnetic wave with different visibilities are presented by solving the scattering field of charged sand particles. Because of the electric charges on the sand surface, the theoretical attenuation will be large enough to match the measured value under certain conditions. And the results show that the effect of sand with electric charges all over its surface on electromagnetic wave attenuation is the same as that of sand without charge, which proves that electric charges distribute on partial surface of the sand in fact.     

The effect of bound states in microwave waveguides on electromagnetic wave propagation

The transmission of a TE microwave field with a frequency ω through Λ, T, and X waveguide junctions filled with a ferromagnetic is considered. These junctions are known to have bound states with below-cutoff frequencies. A probing microwave radiation with a frequency Ω applied to the scattering region generates magnetic oscillations with frequencies ω+nΩ (where n=0, ±1, ±2, ...), which resonantly combine with the bound waveguide states. This effect provides for a new method of studying bound waveguide states and efficiently controlling the transmission of microwave radiation.     

Two-dimensional theory of elf electromagnetic wave propagation in the earth-ionosphere waveguide channel

We present a surface theory of the 2-D telegraph equation and describe the methods for obtaining parameters L and C of this theory from the electromagnetic field of the dominant normal wave and its propagation constant together with the first two azimuthal derivatives. To excite the waveguide by vertical and horizontal electric dipoles, we determine the external sources of the 2-D telegraph equation, which are the 2-D point external voltage and the oriented point external specific voltage, respectively. The relation between the effective and physical sources is practically independent of the ionospheric conditions. The effective source of the horizontal dipole is proportional to the earth 's surface impedance at the source location.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1103–1113, September, 1996.This work was supported by grant 01.067 of the Competition Center at St. Petersburg State University.     

Relativistic effects on electromagnetic wave propagation in a cold inhomogeneous electron plasma

We construct a method which permits to investigate the propagation of a travelling wave in different cases. We present the results we obtained in the case of an inhomogeneous plasma taking into account relativistic effects.     

Numerical analysis of propagation characteristics of electromagnetic wave in lossy left-handed material media

The propagation characteristics of electromagnetic wave in lossy left-handed materials (LHM) are studied using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method base on auxiliary differential equation (ADE) technology. The LHM medium is realized with lossy Drude models for both the negative electric permittivity and the negative magnetic permeability. The discretized ADE-FDTD equations are derived in detail. The incident wave used in the simulation is a multiple cycle m-n-m pulses source. The term of Poynting's vector E_xH_y was calculated. These numerical results demonstrate conclusively that the phase velocity direction of electromagnetic wave propagation and the direction of the Poynting vectors are anti-parallel in LHM. The amplitude of electric field is reduced with the enhancive distance of LHM slab. It is also demonstrated that the energy of electromagnetic wave in the LHM slab is obviously attenuated, and the attenuation of energy becomes stronger with the angular plasma frequency ω_p increasing. These results indicate that LHM stealth is effective in theory, and reasonable selection of the large negative index of refraction can greatly enhance its effectiveness.     

Pseudo-Hermiticity and electromagnetic wave propagation: The case of anisotropic and lossy media

Pseudo-Hermitian operators can be used in modeling electromagnetic wave propagation in stationary lossless media. We extend this method to a class of non-dispersive anisotropic media that may display loss or gain. We explore three concrete models to demonstrate the utility of our general results and reveal the physical meaning of pseudo-Hermiticity and quasi-Hermiticity of the relevant wave operator. In particular, we consider a uniaxial model where this operator is not diagonalizable. This implies left-handedness of the medium in the sense that only clockwise circularly polarized plane-wave solutions are bounded functions of time.