Raosaheb Wangde Master Charitable Trust’s

Dnyanshree Institute of Engineering & Technology,

Electromagnetic Field Theory

Tutorial – 3 (Uniform Plane Wave)
1. A uniform plane wave at frequency of 300 MHz travels in vacuum along +y direction. The electric
field of the wave at some instant is given as E=3 ax + 5 az. Find the phase constant of the wave and
also the vector magnetic field.
2. A uniform plane wave travelling in vacuum having dielectric constant 9, has peak electric field of 10
V/m. the frequency of the wave is 1 GHz. Find the wavelength and peak magnetic field of the wave.
If at some location (z=0) and some instant (t=0), the electric field is 5 V/m, find the magnitudes of the
electric and magnetic fields at z=2 m and t=50 msec. assume the wave to be moving in +z direction.
(Hint. E=10 cos (ωt – βz + Φ), ω=2πf = 2π x 109 rad/sec,
, β= 20π rad/m,

At z=0,t=0, 5=10 cos(Φ), Φ= π/3, η=η0/ = 120π/ , |H| = |E|/ η

At z=2 m, t=50 msec E=-9.87 V/m, H=-0.0785 A/m )
3. A dielectric material has relative permittivity 18 and loss tangent 10-3 at 100 MHz find the
conductivity of the medium. Also find the distance over which the wave amplitude reduces to 1/e of
its original amplitude.
(Hint. The loss tangent, tan (δ) = σ/ωε0εr, σ=ωε0εr tan (δ) = 10-4,

, 1/α = 225.08 m )

4. A uniform plane wave has a power density of 20 W/m2 and is travelling along -y direction in the free
space. If the electric field makes an angle of 30o with the +x axis, find electric and magnetic field
strength and the direction of the magnetic field.
(Hint. P=E x H = |E| x |H| = |E|2 / η0, |E|= 86.83 V/m, |H|= 0.23 A/m)
Since, E and H are perpendicular to direction of the wave, -y axis, they must lie in xz plane, also
E x H should be in the direction of the wave. The H vector therefor will make N ANGLE OF 30o with
the z axis.
5. At some location inside a lossy dielectric material the measured peak electric field of a wave is 10
V/m. The material has relative permittivity of 8 and conductivity of 100 ℧/m. Find the average power
density of the wave at that location. Also find the power density at a distance of 1 cm in the direction
of the wave propagation. The frequency of the wave is 300 MHz.

(Ans. ω=1.8849 x 109 rad/sec, = 3.44+j3.44 Ω, Pav=|E0|2 /2 Re{1/η*}=7.27 W/m2

, attenuation constant α = 343.9

nepers/m, Power density at 1 cm distance is Pav e-2x0.01xα = 7.49 mW/m2)

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6. The magnetic field at the surface of a good conductor is 2 A/m. the frequency of the field is 600 MHz.
If the conductivity of the conductor is 107 ℧/m, find the skin depth, surface impedance, and the power
loss per unit are of the conductor.
(Hint. ω = 3.7698 x 109 rad/sec,

The skin depth, ,

Surface impedance

|Js| = |H| = 2 A/m

Power loss per unit area, W= Rs |Js|2 = 61.2 mW/m2)

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