Computational Electromagnetics R1a

Overview

Credits points: 12

Workload:
120 hours course attendance; 240 hours self-study

Semester: see course description

Language: English

Module type: elective

Module usability: M.Sc. Electrical Communication Engineering, M.Sc. Elektrotechnik

Module duration: one semester

Required qualifications:
Mathematical foundations in electromagnetic field theory

Competences to be acquired

Research and development in the area of electromagnetic field theory for microwaves, antennas and optoelectronic devices

Courses

Content

  • Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Field Theory
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Transmission Line Theory
  • Theory of Electromagnetic Waves
  • Time-dependent boundary value problems
  • Metallic waveguides and resonators
  • Periodic structures and  coupled  modes
  • Dispersive and anisotropic media
  • Electromagnetic source fields
  • Antennas
  • Gaussian beam
  • Integral equations
  • Scattering theory
  • Inverse scattering problems

Learning outcomes

  • Understanding applications of electromagnetic field theory in microwave and antenna technology

Details

  • Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
  • Teaching method: lecture and exercises
  • SWS: 3
  • Credit points: 5
  • Offered in: summer and winter
  • Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
  • Course identifier: FB16-2524

Content

  • Semiconductor Basics
  • Electromagnetics
  • Fibre Propagation
  • Interaction of Light and Semiconductors
  • Characteristics of State of the Art Optoelectronic Devices

Learning outcomes

  • Understanding the fundamentals of optoelectronic devices and the principles of modelling and simulation of these devices

Details

  • Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
  • Teaching method: lecture and exercises
  • SWS: 3
  • Credit points: 5
  • Offered in: winter
  • Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
  • Course identifier: FB16-2523

Content

  • Topics in electromagnetic field theory

Learning outcomes

  • Presentation of a scientific topic in a seminar

Details

  • Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
  • Teaching method: seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Offered in: winter
  • Examination: seminar attendance and presentation
  • Course identifier: FB16-2536