# Get expressions of E and H fields at a boundary from expression of surface current - Pozar ex 1.11

I am bringing whis question because, even though I have the solutions manual from the exercises of the book "Microwave Engineering 4th edition", by David M. Pozar (one of the Bible books for microwave circuits and systems), I just don't understand the solution.

The exercise 1.11 from this book states the following:

"Assume an infinite sheet of electric surface current density $$\ \vec{Js}=Jo·exp(j\beta z)·\vec{x} \$$ is placed on the z=0 plane between free-space for z>0 and a dielectric with $$\\epsilon = \epsilon_0·\epsilon_r\$$. Find the resulting E and H fields in the two regions"

I was thinking of solving it by using the boundary conditions between two dielectric media. In fact, the previous exercise (1.10) is similar, but without the exponential term in the expression of the current sheet:

$$\\nabla\$$ x $$\(\vec{E_2} - \vec{E_1}) = 0 \$$

$$\\nabla\$$ x $$\(\vec{H_2} - \vec{H_1}) = \vec{J_s} \$$

But, the solutions manual starts the exercise by asuming that this current sheet will generate obliquely propagating plane waves, without any further information, thus employing expressions for E and H fields which have components in the z direction. I cannot understand the reasons why it makes this assumption. I hope you can help me!

Kind regards

• The solution assumes a propagating plane wave where both H and E have z components? That cant be right?
– MAM
Sep 26, 2019 at 21:35
• Hmm given that the plane is the XZ plane, it is still a plane wave! Sep 27, 2019 at 14:50
• What i mean to ask is, E and H must be orthogonal so cant both have Z components. Do you mean E and H both vary with z or they both have a non zero z axis component?
– MAM
Sep 27, 2019 at 15:14
• sorry, I didn't understood properly. In the solution given by the manual, it states that the E field has both x and z components, while H must, therefore, have only a y component Sep 27, 2019 at 16:05
• Now that makes sense. But in your question you say "thus employing expressions for E and H fields which have components in the z direction"
– MAM
Sep 27, 2019 at 16:22