High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies Using Metamaterials
Edited By J. W. Luginsland, J. A. Marshall, A. Nachman, E. Schamiloglu
Metamaterials (MTMs) are very interesting, yet not many books cover the broad applications focusing on high-power microwave (HPM) sources using artificial composite material. The content of this book is very diverse, authored by a team of university researchers who emphasize the application of MTMs in the broadest definition of terms, as well as in HPM antennas and related passive structure components. Previous books have mostly concentrated on split ring resonator-based composite structures as a part of MTMs.
The book consists of 11 chapters, Chapter 1 gives the prerequisite to MTMs for those in research work on artificial composite material structure and related applications manipulating the DNG space dimensions. Chapters 2 and 3 explain a typical multi-transmission line model for a beam-wave interaction structure and a comprehensive Pierce model from the Lagrangian. Chapters 4 and 5 bring dispersion engineering for slow wave structure design and perturbation analysis of Maxwell’s Equations. Chapter 6 defines an assessment of the properties of conventional periodic structures with corrugated MTMs. Chapter 7 explains the group theory approach for designing MTMs for HPM devices. Chapters 8 and 9 discuss the temporal evolution of microwave EM fields in MTM structures and the survivability of MTM in the HPM environment. Chapter 10 reports experimental results of beam-wave interaction with MTM structures and the authors explain the advantages of MTM slow wave structures. The last chapter highlights the summary and future direction of MTM-inspired slow wave structures in the HPM background.
This book will appeal to a broad audience, ranging from students to engineers of all experience levels. This book can be a very useful guide to building the first simulation model of an MTM slow wave structure for HPM sources related to practical circuits and validating the results. The authors have advanced the understanding of a new generation of direct energy microwave capability that introduces MTMs into their beam-wave interaction structures. Conventional microwave vacuum electronics have advanced enormously from continuous research for nearly a century. MTM-based devices have been explored for less than a decade, so one can only imagine what advances will be realized in the future.
ISBN: 978-1-119-38444-1
Pages: 304
To order this book contact:
Wiley (December 2021)
wiley.com/en-us
Review by: Ajay Poddar
