Book reviews - Metalic and dielectric antennas

This book contains a useful compilation -of material on dielectric and metallic cylindrical antennas with emphasis on the dielectric antenna. These antennas are analyzed in terms of waves traveling on cylindrical surfaces. In Chapter I the various waves on a two-dimensional planar antenna are described as an introduction to the subject. The familiar metallic, linear antenna is t r e a t e d i n Chapter I1 and the dielectric cylinder or polyrod antenna, in Chapter III. Chapter I V contains a discussion of plasma column antenna as an extension of the dielectrode antenna. Both the dielec- .tric rod and plasma column antennas are assumed to be lossless. The subjects are discussed from the engineering or design viewpoint where emphasisThis book contains a useful compilation -of material on dielectric and metallic cylindrical antennas with emphasis on the dielectric antenna. These antennas are analyzed in terms of waves traveling on cylindrical surfaces. In Chapter I the various waves on a two-dimensional planar antenna are described as an introduction to the subject. The familiar metallic, linear antenna is treated in Chapter I1 and the dielectric cylinder or polyrod antenna, in Chapter III. Chapter I V contains a discussion of plasma column antenna as an extension of the dielectrode antenna. Both the dielectric rod and plasma column antennas are assumed to be lossless. The subjects are discussed from the engineering or design viewpoint.