Display options
Share it on

Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 07;11(1):7679. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85838-7.

Magnetoinductive waves in attenuating media.

Scientific reports

Son Chu, Mark S Luloff, Jiaruo Yan, Pavel Petrov, Christopher J Stevens, Ekaterina Shamonina

Affiliations

  1. Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK. [email protected].
  2. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada.
  3. Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.
  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK.

PMID: 33828111 PMCID: PMC8027633 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85838-7

Abstract

The capability of magnetic induction to transmit signals in attenuating environments has recently gained significant research interest. The wave aspect-magnetoinductive (MI) waves-has been proposed for numerous applications in RF-challenging environments, such as underground/underwater wireless networks, body area networks, and in-vivo medical diagnosis and treatment applications, to name but a few, where conventional electromagnetic waves have a number of limitations, most notably losses. To date, the effects of eddy currents inside the dissipative medium have not been characterised analytically. Here we propose a comprehensive circuit model of coupled resonators in a homogeneous dissipative medium, that takes into account all the electromagnetic effects of eddy currents, and, thereby, derive a general dispersion equation for the MI waves. We also report laboratory experiments to confirm our findings. Our work will serve as a fundamental model for design and analysis of every system employing MI waves or more generally, magnetically-coupled circuits in attenuating media.

References

  1. Sci Rep. 2016 Apr 04;6:23962 - PubMed
  2. Science. 2007 Jul 6;317(5834):83-6 - PubMed
  3. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2010 Jul;57(7):1568-76 - PubMed
  4. Phys Rev Lett. 2000 May 1;84(18):4184-7 - PubMed
  5. Science. 2001 Apr 6;292(5514):77-9 - PubMed
  6. IEEE Rev Biomed Eng. 2011;4:59-72 - PubMed
  7. Brain Topogr. 2019 Sep;32(5):825-858 - PubMed
  8. Nature. 2016 Sep 28;537(7622):652-5 - PubMed
  9. Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Oct 30;85(18):3966-9 - PubMed
  10. Nat Commun. 2020 Jan 23;11(1):444 - PubMed

Publication Types