Localized Waves (eBook)

The first book on Localized Waves--a subject of phenomenal
worldwide research with important applications from secure
communications to medicine

Localized waves--also known as non-diffractive
waves--are beams and pulses capable of resisting diffraction
and dispersion over long distances even in non-guiding media.
Predicted to exist in the early 1970s and obtained theoretically
and experimentally as solutions to the wave equations starting in
1992, localized waves now garner intense worldwide research with
applications in all fields where a role is played by a wave
equation, from electromagnetism to acoustics and quantum physics.
In the electromagnetics areas, they are paving the way, for
instance, to ubiquitous secure communications in the range of
millimeter waves, terahertz frequencies, and optics. At last, the
localized waves with an envelope at rest are expected to have
important applications especially in medicine.

Localized Waves brings together the world's most productive
researchers in the field to offer a well-balanced presentation of
theory and experiments in this new and exciting subject. Composed
of thirteen chapters, this dynamic volume:

* Presents a thorough review of the theoretical foundation and
historical aspects of localized waves

* Explores the interconnections of the subject with other
technologies and scientific areas

* Analyzes the effect of arbitrary anisotropies on both
continuous-wave and pulsed non-diffracting fields

* Describes the physical nature and experimental implementation of
localized waves

* Provides a general overview of wave localization, for example in
photonic crystals, which have received increasing attention in
recent years

Localized Waves is the first book to cover this emerging topic,
making it an indispensable resource in particular for researchers
in electromagnetics, acoustics, fundamental physics, and free-space
communications, while also serving as a requisite text for graduate
students.