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Elliptical Polarization Lecture 5: Polarization and Related Antenna Parameters (Polarization of EM fields – revision. Polarization vector. Antenna polarization. Polarization loss factor and polarization efficiency.) 1. Polarization of EM fields. The polarization of the EM field describes the time variations of the field vectors at a given point. In other words, it describes the way the direction and magnitude the field vectors (usually E ) change in time. The polarization is the figure traced by the extremity of the time- varying field vector at a given point. According to the shape of the trace, three types of polarization exist for harmonic fields: linear, circular and elliptical: y y y E E E ω z x z x z x (a) linear polarization (b) circular polarization (c) elliptical polarization Any type of polarization can be represented by two orthogonal linear polarizations, ( EExy, )or(EEHV, ), whose fields are out of phase by an angle δ of L . • δ = π IfL 0 or n , then a linear polarization results. • δπ= = If L /2 (90) and EExy, then a circular polarization results. • In the most general case, elliptical polarization is defined. 1 It is also true that any type of polarization can be represented by a right-hand circular and a left-hand circular polarizations (EELR , ). We shall revise the above statements and definitions, while introducing the new concept of polarization vector. 2. Field polarization in terms of two orthogonal linearly polarized components. The polarization of any field can be represented by a suitable set of two orthogonal linearly polarized fields. Assume that locally a far field propagates along the z-axis, and the field vectors have only transverse components. Then, the set of two orthogonal linearly polarized fields along the x-axis and along the y-axis, is sufficient to represent any TEMz field. We shall use this arrangement to demonstrate the idea of polarization vector. The field (time-dependent vector or phasor vector) is decomposed into two orthogonal components: ee=+ e⇒ EE=+ E, (5.1) xy x y =−()ωβ = eExxcos t zxˆ EExxxˆ ⇒ δ (5.2) =−+()ωβ δ = j L eEyycos t z L yˆ EEeyyyˆ At a fixed position (assume z = 0), equation (5.1) can be written as: =⋅ωωδ +⋅ + et() xˆˆ ExyL cos t y E cos( t ) δ (5.3) =⋅ +⋅ j L ⇒ ExEyEeˆˆxy δπ== Case 1: Linear polarization: L nn, 0,1,2,… =⋅ωωπ +⋅ ± et( )cos()cos() xˆˆ Exy t y E t n (5.4) =⋅ ±⋅ ⇒ ExEyEˆˆxy 2 δπ= δπ=+ y L 2k y L (2k 1) ⇒τ > 0 ⇒τ < 0 Ey Ey E τ Ex E x τ x x E Ey τ =±arctan Ex (a) (b) Case 2: Circular polarization: π ==δπ =±+ = EEExymand L n , n 0,1,2,… 2 =⋅ωωππ +⋅ ± + et() xˆˆ Exy cos( t ) y E cos[ t ( /2 n )] (5.5) =±⋅ ⇒ EExyjm ()ˆˆ 3 =+ =− EExjym ()ˆˆ EExjym ()ˆˆ π π δπ=+ +2n δπ=− −2n L 2 L 2 3π π ωt = y ωt = y 2 π 2 5π 7π ω = 3 π ωt = ωt = t ωt = 4 4 4 4 ωt = 0 ωt = 0 ωπt = z ωπt = z x x π 7π π ωt = 5π ωt = ω = 3 ωt = 4 t π 4 3π 4 ωt = 4 ωt = 2 2 If (ˆ)−z is the direction of If (−z ˆ) is the direction of propagation: clockwise (CW) or propagation: counterclockwise right-hand polarization (CCW) or left-hand polarization 4 A picture of the field vector (at a particular moment of time) along the direction of propagation (left-hand circularly polarized wave): β z β z 5 Case 3: Elliptical polarization The field vector at a given point traces an ellipse as a function of time. This is the most general type of polarization of time-harmonic fields, obtained δ for any phase difference and any ratio (EExy / ). Mathematically, the linear and the circular polarizations are special cases of the elliptical polarization. In practice, however, the term elliptical polarization is used to indicate polarizations other than linear or circular. =⋅ωωδ +⋅ + et( )coscos() xˆˆ ExyL t y E t δ (5.6) =⋅ +⋅ j L ⇒ ExEyEeˆˆxy Show that the trace of the time-dependent vector is an ellipse: =⋅−⋅ωδ ωδ etyy() E (cos t cos L sin t sin L ) 2 ex ()t etx () cosωt = and sinωt =− 1 Ex Ex 2 2 et et et() et () 2 δδ=−xx() () yy + sinLL 2 cos EEEExxyy or =−22δ + 1 xt() 2 xtyt () ()cosL yt (), (5.7) where: et() cosω t xt()==x ; δδ ExLsin sin L et() cos(ωδt + ) yt()==y L δδ EyLsin sin L Equation (5.7) is the parametric equation of an ellipse centered in the xy− plane. It describes the motion of a point of coordinates ex (t) and ety ( ) along an ellipse with a frequency ω . The elliptical polarization can also be right-hand and left-hand polarization, depending on the relation between the direction of propagation and the direction of rotation. 6 ety () Ey m in o r a τ ) x A is O ( (2 2 is ax O Ex ex ()t jor B ma ) E ω The parameters of the polarization ellipse are given below. Their derivation is given in Appendix I. a) major axis (2× OA) 1 OA =EE22++ EE 44 ++ 2 EE 22 cos(2δ ) (5.8) 2 xy xy xy L b) minor axis (2× OB) 1 OB =EE22+− EE 44 ++ 2 EE 22 cos(2δ ) (5.9) 2 xy xy xy L c) tilt angle τ 1 2EE τ = arctanxy cosδ (5.10) 2 22− L EExy d) axial ratio major axis OA AR == (5.11) minor axis OB Note: The linear and circular polarizations can be considered as special cases of the elliptical polarization. π • δπ=± + = === If L 2n and EExy,thenOA OB EExy; the ellipse 2 becomes a circle. 7 • δπ= = τ =± Ex If L n ,thenOB 0and arctan ; the ellipse collapses into Ey a line. 3. Field polarization in terms of two circularly polarized components The representation of a complex vector field in terms of circularly polarized components is somewhat less easy to perceive but it is actually more useful in the calculation of the polarization ellipse parameters. =++− EExjyExjyRL( ˆˆ)( ˆˆ ) (5.12) δ =−ϕϕ Assuming a relative phase difference of CLR, one can write (5.12) as: jδ =++C − EExjyEexjyRL( ˆ ˆˆˆ)() (5.13) The relation between the linear-component and the circular-component representations of the field polarization is easily found as: ExEE=++−ˆˆ( )( yjEE ) (5.14) RL RL EExy 4. Polarization vector and polarization ratio The polarization vector is the normalized phasor of the electric field vector. It is a complex-number vector of unit magnitude and direction coinciding with the direction of the electric field vector. E E Ey δ ρ ==⋅+⋅x j L =22 + ˆLmxyxˆˆ yeE, EE (5.15) EEEmmm The polarization vector takes the following forms in some special cases: Case 1: Linear polarization E E ρ =⋅x ±⋅y =2 +2 ˆLmxyxyEEEˆˆ, (5.16) EEmm Case 2: Circular polarization 8 1 ρˆ =±⋅=⋅=⋅()xyjˆˆ , E22 E E (5.17) Lmxy2 The polarization ratio is the ratio of the phasors of the two orthogonal polarization components. It is a complex number. δ j L δ EEeyy E rre===L or r =V LL L (5.18) EExx E H Point of interest: In the case of circular polarization, the polarization ratio is defined as: jδ E rre ==C R (5.19) CC EL The circular polarization ratio rC is of particular interest since the axial ratio of the polarization ellipse AR can be expressed as: r +1 AR = C (5.20) − rC 1 Besides, its tilt angle is: δ τ = C (5.21) 2 Comparing (5.10) and (5.21) readily shows the relation between the phase difference of the circular-polarization representation and the linear polarization jδ = L ratio rreLL : 2r δδ= arctanL cos (5.22) CL− 2 1 rL One can calculate rC from the linear polarization ratio rL making use of (5.11) and (5.20): r +1 112cos(2)++++rrr242δ C = LLLL (5.23) r −1 +−++242δ C 112cos(2)rrrLLLL 9 Using (5.22) and (5.23) allows easy switching between the representation of the wave polarization in terms of linear and circular components. 5. Antenna polarization The polarization of a radiated wave (polarization of a radiating antenna) at a specific point in the far zone is the polarization of the locally plane wave. The polarization of a received wave (polarization of a receiving antenna) is the polarization of a plane wave, incident from a given direction, and having given power flux density, which results in maximum available power at the antenna terminals. 6. Polarization loss factor and polarization efficiency Generally, the polarization of the receiving antenna is not the same as the polarization of the incident wave. This is called polarization mismatch. The polarization loss factor (PLF) characterizes the loss of EM power because of polarization mismatch. =⋅ρρ2 PLF |ˆˆia | (5.24) The above definition is based on the representation of the incident field and the antenna polarization by their polarization vectors. If the incident field is ii= ρ EEmiˆ , then the field of the same magnitude that would produce maximum received power at the antenna terminals is = i ρ EEamaˆ . 10 If the antenna is polarization matched, then PLF= 1,andthereisno polarization power loss. If PLF= 0, then the antenna is incapable of receiving the signal. 0 ≤≤PLF 1 (5.25) The polarization efficiency has the same physical meaning as the PLF. Examples Example 5.1. The electric field of a linearly polarized EM wave is i =⋅ − jzβ ExExyeˆ m (, ) It is incident upon a linearly polarized antenna whose polarization is: =+⋅ θ ϕ ExyEra ()(,,)ˆˆ Find the PLF.
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