Physical limitations of antennas in a lossy medium
The dissipated power and the directivity of antennas in a homogeneous, lossy medium are systematically analyzed in this paper. The antennas are ideal and located inside a lossless sphere. In the lossy space outside the sphere, the electromagnetic fields are expanded in a complete set of vector wave functions. The optimal values of the radiation efficiency, the directivity, as well as the power gain a
