Plane Waves and Propagation Constant - Visualisation Tool

This is a simple represenation of a few cycles of a plane wave with a variable propagation constant. It shows:

  • how a travelling wave is composed of individual elements of wave in space with a phase difference between them
  • the dependence between dielectric constant and permeability and both wavelength and speed
  • the effect of conductivity (ie attenuation) and also its effect on the E-H field phase difference (45 degrees max in a perfect conductor)
Planewave in cartoon form simulation screenshot
Planewave in cartoon form simulation screenshot
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Electromagnetics ... a "Toy-box" by Alan Murray, University of Edinburgh is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.