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Wave Propagation in Linear Media | re-examined

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Contents<br />

Part I <strong>Wave</strong> propagation phenomena 1<br />

1 The many velocities of wave propagation 2<br />

1.1 Phase and group velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

1.2 A few notes on dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

1.3 Signal velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

1.4 Energy velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />

1.5 Other velocity de nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

2 Signals faster than light? 20<br />

2.1 Superlum<strong>in</strong>al wave propagation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

2.2 Quantum mechanical tunnell<strong>in</strong>g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

3 <strong>Wave</strong> propagation <strong>in</strong> electromagnetic transmission l<strong>in</strong>es 31<br />

3.1 Model of a transmission l<strong>in</strong>e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

3.2 Excursion: a delay l<strong>in</strong>e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

3.3 Re ection due to term<strong>in</strong>ation mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

3.4 A simple thought experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />

3.5 A dispersive system: the lossless plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />

3.6 Inhomogeneous transmission l<strong>in</strong>e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />

3.7 Turn-on e ects <strong>in</strong> a lossless plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />

3.8 Turn-on e ects <strong>in</strong> a wave guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />

3.9 A Gaussian pulse <strong>in</strong> plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />

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