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Simple 3D Plane Wave (RF module)
Posted 21.08.2015, 05:34 GMT-4 RF & Microwave Engineering, Geometry, Modeling Tools & Definitions, Parameters, Variables, & Functions Version 3.5a 0 Replies
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As a first step to a more complex problem, I would like to model a simple 3D electromagnetic plane wave.
To do so I tried the following:
- draw a simple box, set material as air
- define 2 opposing faces as ports. The wave should be propagating normal to the port surface so I define Ex0=Ez0=0 and Ey0=1 for TE polarization and enter the propagation constant as being the wavevector corresponding to my desired frequency.
QUESTION 1: Is it sufficient to only enter the desired frequency implicitly here? Or will it be overwritten by some global default definition? I got the impression that upon changing the propagation constant the wavelength in the solution did not change at all.
- define periodic boundary conditions on the remaining 4 sides of the box
QUESTION 2: How should this be done? I tried Continuity and Floquet periodicity but neither of the two converged.
Thanks.
Hello PD
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