Principles of Transmission for Microwave and Optical Signal

Propagation of EM waves in infinite space with emphasis on attenuation and dispersion issues. Propagation in transmission lines, composite resistance, load matching, scattering matrices. Propagation in metallic waveguides. Transverse Electric (TE) and Transverse Magnetic (TM) normal modes. Parallel plate, rectangular and circular waveguides. Waveguiding in dielectric waveguides. Propagation in single and multi-mode optical waveguides, dispersion phenomena in optical fibers.