geoana.em.fdem.ElectricDipoleWholeSpace.wavenumber#

property ElectricDipoleWholeSpace.wavenumber#

Wavenumber for an electromagnetic planewave in a homogenous isotropic medium.

Where σ is the electrical conductivity, μ is the magnetic permeability, ε is the dielectric permittivity and ω=2πf is the angular frequency, the wavenumber is:

k=ω2μεiωμσ

In the quasistatic regime, this expression simplifies to:

k=iωμσ
Returns:
complex

Wavenumber for an electromagnetic planewave in a homogeneous isotropic medium. Returns the quasistatic approximation if the property quasistatic of the class instance is True.