
5.4 Waveguides and Cavities in Circular Cylindrical Coordinates 267
Substituting (5.157) into the expressions for the field components in cir-
cular cylindrical coordinates (4.190)–(4.195), we have
E
ρ
=
jωµν
ρ
V
0
[N
0
ν
(T a)J
ν
(T ρ)−J
0
ν
(T a)N
ν
(T ρ)] sin(νφ) cos(βz), (5.158)
E
φ
= jωµT V
0
[N
0
ν
(T a)J
0
ν
(T ρ)−J
0
ν
(T a)N
0
ν
(T ρ)] cos(νφ) sin(βz), (5.159)
E
z
= 0, (5.160)
H
ρ
= βT V
0
[N
0
ν
(T a)J
0
ν
(T ρ)−J
0
ν
(T a)N
0
ν
(T ρ)] cos(νφ) cos(βz), (5.161)
H
φ
= −
βν
ρ
V
0
[N
0
ν
(T a)J
ν
(T ρ)−J
0
ν
(T a)N
ν
(T ρ)] sin(νφ) cos(βz), (5.162)
H
z
= T
2
V
0
[N
0
ν
(T a)J
ν
(T ρ)−J
0
ν
(T a)N
ν
(T ρ)] cos(νφ) sin(βz). (5.163)
The TE
νm
modes are also denoted by H
νm
modes, because only magnetic
fields have longitudinal components in the waneguide.
The fields in a sectorial cavity are standing waves in three directions, the
ρ dependence is a cylindrical standing wave represented by Bessel functions.
The sectorial cavity is the general electromagnetic structure in circular
cylindrical coordinates. The other waveguides and cavities of cylindrical ge-
ometry can be developed from it by giving special dimensions and angles.
5.4.2 Sectorial Waveguides
If the system is unbounded in the longitudinal direction, z, it becomes a sec-
torial waveguide, see Fig. 5.20(b). The boundary equations (5.131), (5.132),
(5.151), and (5.152) at z = 0 and z = l are no longer valid, β becomes a
continuous value. Considering the traveling wave along +z in an infinitely
long waveguide; we have the function U of the TM modes,
U(ρ, φ, z) = U
0
[N
ν
(T a)J
ν
(T ρ) − J
ν
(T a)N
ν
(T ρ)] sin(νφ)e
−jβz
, (5.164)
and the function V of the TE modes,
V (ρ, φ, z) = V
0
[N
0
ν
(T a)J
ν
(T ρ) − J
0
ν
(T a)N
ν
(T ρ)] cos(νφ)e
−jβz
. (5.165)
The field components can then be obtained by substituting one of the above
two expressions into (4.196)–(4.201).
The eigenvalue equations for sectorial waveguides are the same as those
for sectorial cavities, (5.136) for TM modes and (5.155) for TE modes. The
eigenvalue equation or characteristic equation is also known as the dispersion
equation for the transmission system. The mth root of (5.136) for the νth
order is the cutoff angular wave number for the TM
νm
mode, denoted by
T
TM
νm
, and the mth root of (5.155) for the νth order is the cutoff angular
wave number for the TE
νm
mode, denoted by T
TE
νm
. The longitudinal phase
coefficient is then given by
β
2
TM
νm
=k
2
−T
2
TM
νm
= ω
2
µ² −T
2
TM
νm
, (5.166)