Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems (2^nd Ed.)

This completely revised and expanded edition of an Artech House classic Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems presents the principles of polarization as applied to electromagnetic systems. This book emphasizes the concepts needed for functional aspects of systems calculations and device evaluation. Readers find up-to-date coverage of applications in wireless communications. The fundamentals of polarization are explained, including the principles of wave polarization, and polarization state representations. This book explores partially polarized waves, and includes details about unpolarized waves, degree of polarization, and stokes parameters representation.

The second part of this book gives insight into system applications of antenna polarization. Antenna basics, polarization principles, omnidirectional, direction, and broadband antennas are described. This book provides detailed coverage of antenna waver interactions and dual-polarized systems. Additional topics included in this resource include depolarizing media and system applications, polarization in wireless communication systems including polarization diversity and polarization measurements. This hands-on resource provides a clear description of the effect of polarization on electromagnetic systems.

Part 1: Polarization Fundamentals
. Introduction
. Wave Polarization Principles
. Polarization State Representations
. Partially Polarized Waves

Part 2: Antenna Polarization
. Antenna-Wave Interaction
. Dual-Polarized Systems
. Depolarizing Media and System Applications
. Polarization in Wireless Communication Systems Including Polarization Diversity
. Polarization Measurements

Warren L. Stutzman has been with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Virginia Tech for more than 40 years and is currently an emeritus professor. He founded the Virginia Tech Antenna Group. He received his BS in electrical engineering and AB in mathematics from the University of Illinois, and his MS and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Ohio State University