Books in the Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering series

This book presents an overview of finite element software. It discusses the capabilities and limitations of the available softwear and helps readers formulate engineering problems so that they fit into the framework of current software.

A valuable addition to the Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering Today's modern wireless mobile communications depend on adaptive "smart" antennas to provide maximum range and clarity. With the recent explosive growth of wireless applications, smart antenna technology has achieved widespread commercial and military applications.

With more and more information being transmitted over fiber optic cables, optical filtering is becoming crucial to the smooth operation of optical communication networks. This book presents digital signal processing techniques for the design of optical filters, covering filters used in narrow band filtering and optical signal processing.

A one-stop reference to the design and analysis of nonplanar microstrip structures. Owing to their conformal capability, nonplanar microstrip antennas and transmission lines have been intensely investigated over the past decade.

Filled with illustrations, examples and approximately 300 homework problems, this text provides an extensive treatment of electromagnetism and microwave engineering with particular emphasis on microwave and telecommunications applications.

This text discusses the theory and potential applications of high and low temperature superconductors (HTSC and LTSC) in such fields as radio astronomical systems, laser radars, microwave and millimetre wave missile receivers, satellite communications systems and high resolution medical equipment.

This book is devoted to optical semiconductor devices and their numerous applications in telecommunications, optoelectronics, and consumer electronics-areas where signal processing or the transmission of signals across fiber optic cables is paramount.

This work is a self-contained, applications-oriented introduction to the field. In an effort to make this book as accessible as possible to its intended audience, the author treats the subject of nonlinear optics in purely classical terms. He also includes numerous real-world examples.

A quasi-optical component does not require physical transmission lines for interconnection to other components, and achieves higher output power than individual oscillators. This type of array is used in the design of hardware for practical microwave and millimeter-wave applications, such as wireless communications, microwave sensors, and radar.

Transmission lines are basic components of electric power systems and are therefore basic elements in distributed circuit analysis and in microwave circuit design. This is a complete guide to solving microwave transmission problems. This book strives for clarity and rapid learning of material essential for distributed circuits.

This new edition of Radio Frequency Circuit Design features novel applications of RF technology, an area that continues to grow and evolve. It provides a thorough basis for design of RF circuits, including phase locked loops, filters, transformers, amplifiers, mixers, and oscillators.

Reflecting the growing importance of multi-mode transmission media in communications, radar, sensors, remote sensing, and many other industrial applications, this work presents analytic methods for calculating the transmission statistics of microwave and optical components with random imperfections.

This is the only book currently available that covers this subject. The authors piece together information from diverse areas which is essential to understand integrated and integrated active antennas. Emphasis is placed on active antennas and power combining applications, consolidating the work from numerous researchers.

A comprehensive overview of microstrip and printed antennas-antennas that have been the subject of much research in recent years due to their potential applications in communications and radar systems.

Introducing several important and useful methods for analyzing planar transmission line structures, this text discusses such topics as the theory and applications of Green's functions, the conformal mapping method, spectral domain methods, variational methods.

This title explores the trend towards phased arrays capable of performing diverse functions, and the technological challenges presented. It covers radio astronomy techniques used by radar engineers, and also compares the unique applications of the staring array and the scanning array.

The first book on Localized Waves-a subject of phenomenal worldwide research with important applications from secure communications to medicine Localized waves-also known as non-diffractive waves-are beams and pulses capable of resisting diffraction and dispersion over long distances even in non-guiding media.

This book focuses on a fundamental feature of vacuum electronics: the strong interaction of the physics of electron beams and vacuum microwave electronics, including millimeter-wave electronics. The author guides readers from the roots of classical vacuum electronics to the most recent achievements in the field.

A comprehensive guide to the latest in phased array antenna analysis and design--the Floquet modal based approach This comprehensive book offers an extensive presentation of a new methodology for phased array antenna analysis based on Floquet modal expansion.

A very complete and theoretical summary of the magnetic properties of isolators and junction circulators. Discusses the broadband problem. It systematically covers all important devices and their applications. The text is organized in blocks of chapters dealing with specialized effects and circuit aspects of the circulator.