Title :
A note on the TE/TM decomposition of electromagnetic fields in three dimensional homogeneous space
Author :
Janaswamy, Ramakrishna
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
Conditions on the metric coefficients are derived in order for a three-dimensional electromagnetic field in a source free homogeneous space to be decomposed into transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) parts. The relationship between scalar and vector potentials and the equation satisfied by the vector potential component are also given.
Keywords :
electromagnetic field theory; electromagnetic wave propagation; orthogonal coordinates; source free homogeneous space; three-dimensional electromagnetic field; transverse electric decomposition; transverse magnetic decomposition; vector potential; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Equations; Extraterrestrial measurements; Magnetic analysis; Tellurium; Wave functions; /transverse magnetic; Orthogonal coordinates; TE; TM; decomposition; transverse electric; vector potentials;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2004.834149
