James Benford; Edl Schamiloglu; Jacob Coty Stephens; John A. Swegle; Peng Zhang
Following in the footsteps of its
popular predecessors, High Power Microwaves, Fourth Edition continues
to provide a wide-angle, integrated view of the field of high power
microwaves (HPMs). This fourth edition includes significant updates in
every chapter as well as a new chapter on High Power Amplifiers.
Written by a range of experimentalists, theorists, and applied
theorists, the book offers complementary perspectives on different
source types. The authors address:
- How HPM relates historically and technically to the conventional microwave field
- The possible applications for HPM and the key criteria that HPM devices have to meet in order to be applied
- How high power sources work, including their performance capabilities and limitations
- The broad fundamental issues to be addressed in the future for a wide variety of source types
The
book is accessible to several audiences. Researchers currently in the
field can widen their understanding of HPM. Present or potential users
of microwaves will discover the advantages of the dramatically higher
power levels that are being made available. Newcomers to the field can
pursue further research. Decision makers in direct energy acquisition
and related fields, such as radar, communications, and high-energy
physics, can see how developments in HPM will affect them.
Key Features
- Discusses
the key criteria that must be fulfilled for emerging applications of
HPMs in addition to the HPM formulary of practical equations for
everyday work
- Describes the broad
fundamental issues for each class of HPM sources and clarifies HPM
capabilities and limitations on performance
- Uses
a format suitable for classroom instruction with updated problems in
each chapter alongside references and guidance to the literature for
readers seeking more details.
