Professor Munk is addressing several of the current fashions in antenna designmost specifically the popular subject of double negative materials. He and several other prominent members of the antenna community have spoken up against certain trends, such as negative refraction, which have garnered tremendous media attention. Professor Munk is probably alone in his method of criticismwhile some have cited certain hesitations regarding the usefulness of these doublenegative metamaterials given their loss and dispersion, and others have done numerical simulations that seem to support Professor Munk's conclusions, Professor Munk has written a comprehensive theoretical electromagnetic investigation of the issues. He has reached the conclusion that many of the phenomena claimed by researchers may be impossible. His view, while controversial, has recently received support by various numerical simulations. Significantly, Professor Munk also provides a convincing alternative explanation involving surface waves to some of the experimental examples shown in the literature. Again, whilethe debate on this subject is just starting, Professor Munk has convinced many of us in the antenna field with his arguments that a large majority of his conclusions are correct and his views should be aired. The issues that he raises have not been addressed thoroughly by the metamaterials community, and this book should be the catalyst to much healthy discussion. Therefore, this book may well become a classic text. It took courage to write it, which can be done only by someone of Professor Munk's stature.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-37704-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 189
- Fecha Publicación: 20/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés