New Frontiers in the Use of Microwave Energy: Power and Metrology

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe Microwave/Radio Frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum has been used principally for the transmission and reception of information in communications and radar. With the advent of low cost commercial and consumer items (satellite downlinks and microwave ovens) has also come a resurgence of interest in using the energy and properties of these frequencies for other important tasks.The purpose of this paper is to give a short review of the basics of electromagnetic heating and an overview of new trends in this use of microwave/RF energy. These trends can be divided into two broad categories: power and metrology.