High Power Microwave Sources and Technologies Using Metamaterials

Explore the latest research avenues in the field of high-power microwave sources and metamaterials 

A stand-alone follow-up to the highly successful High Power Microwave Sources and Technologies, the new High Power Microwave Sources and Technologies Using Metamaterials, demonstrates how metamaterials have impacted the field of high-power microwave sources and the new directions revealed by the latest research. It’s written by a distinguished team of researchers in the area who explore a new paradigm within which to consider the interaction of microwaves with material media.  

Providing contributions from multiple institutions that discuss theoretical concepts as well as experimental results in slow wave structure design, this edited volume also discusses how traditional periodic structures used since the 1940s and 1950s can have properties that, until recently, were attributed to double negative metamaterial structures. 

The book also includes:

• A thorough introduction to high power microwave oscillators and amplifiers, as well as how metamaterials can be introduced as slow wave structures and other components 
• Comprehensive explorations of theoretical concepts in dispersion engineering for slow wave structure design, including multi-transmission line models and particle-in-cell code virtual prototyping models 
• Practical discussions of experimental measurements in dispersion engineering for slow wave structure design 
• In-depth examinations of passive and active components, as well as the temporal evolution of electromagnetic fields  

High Power Microwave Sources and Technologies Using Metamaterials is a perfect resource for graduate students and researchers in the areas of nuclear and plasma sciences, microwaves, and antennas. 

JOHN LUGINSLAND, PHD, is a Senior Scientist at Confluent Sciences, LLC and an Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University. Previously, he worked at AFOSR serving as the Plasma Physics and Lasers and Optics Program Officer, as well as various technical leadership roles. Additionally, he worked for SAIC and NumerEx, as well as the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He is a Fellow of the IEEE and AFRL.

JASON A. MARSHALL, PHD, is The Associate Superintendent, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory. Prior to this he was a Principal Scientist with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research responsible for management and execution of the Air Force basic research investments in Plasma and Electro-energetic Physics.

ARJE NACHMAN, PHD, is the Program Officer for Electromagnetics at AFOSR. He has worked at AFOSR since 1985. Before that he was on the mathematics faculty of Texas A&M and Old Dominion University, and a Senior Scientist at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).

EDL SCHAMILOGLU, PHD, is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the School of Engineering, and Special Assistant to the Provost for Laboratory Relations. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Physical Society.