Electromagnetic Waves: Theory and Applications: With a Special Focus on Circuit and Antenna Design

Electromagnetic waves form the basis of many modern technologies - from wireless communication systems and radar applications to waveguides and antennas, optical fibers, thin-film devices, metamaterials, and numerical simulation methods.This textbook offers a sound yet highly accessible introduction to this fascinating field.It is intended for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, and engineers working in high-frequency, microwave, and communication technology. Starting with transmission line theory, the book guides readers step by step through Maxwell’s equations, boundary conditions, plane waves, polarization, wave propagation in conducting media, and interface phenomena such as total internal reflection.Building on this foundation, it covers metallic and dielectric waveguides, antenna theory, and antenna arrays.It also highlights how the current distribution of an antenna is related to its radiation pattern - elegantly described using the Fourier transform