Wave speed from medium permittivity and permeability¶
Speed of electromagnetic wave propagation depends on relative permittivity and relative permeability of the medium.
Notation:
\(c\) (
c) isspeed_of_light.
Links:
- wave_speed¶
Speed of wave propagation in medium. See
phase_speed.- Symbol:
v- Latex:
\(v\)
- Dimension:
velocity
- relative_permittivity¶
relative_permittivityof the medium.- Symbol:
epsilon_r- Latex:
\(\varepsilon_{r}\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- relative_permeability¶
relative_permeabilityof the medium.- Symbol:
mu_r- Latex:
\(\mu_{r}\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- law¶
v = c / sqrt(epsilon_r * mu_r)- Latex:
- \[v = \frac{c}{\sqrt{\varepsilon_{r} \mu_{r}}}\]