Nonlinear electromagnetics : [held as a part of the IEEE/URSI international symposium at the University of Washington, Seattle, in June 1979

Nonlinear Electromagnetics is a collection of research papers from different areas of study related to the nonlinear phenomena in electromagnetism. The book, after giving a short introduction to some mathematical techniques for nonlinear problems, covers related topics such as the history of particle physics; a physical description of the spectral transform; solitons in randomly inhomogenous media; and localized wave fields in nonlinear dispersive media. Also covered in this book are topics such as non-linear plasma-wave interaction; Lagrangian methods; electromagnetic problems in composite materials in linear and nonlinear regimes; and stationary regimes in passive nonlinear methods. The text is recommended for physicists and engineers interested in the development and applications of nonlinear electromagnetic and the mathematical expressions behind it. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv CONTRIBUTORS , Page vii PREFACE , Pages ix-x , Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi AN INTRODUCTION TO SOME MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES FOR NONLINEAR PROBLEMS , Pages 1-33 , Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi THE BIRTH OF A PARADIGM , Pages 35-63 , Alwyn C. Scott A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECTRAL TRANSFORM , Pages 65-86 , David W. McLaughlin SOLITONS IN RANDOMLY INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA , Pages 87-116 , Ioannis M. Besieris QUASIPARTICLE VIEW OF BEAM PROPAGATION IN NONLINEAR MEDIA , Pages 117-132 , Nathan Marcuvitz THE NONSTATIONARY EVOLUTION OF LOCALIZED WAVE FIELDS IN NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE MEDIA , Pages 133-187 , A.B. Shvartsburg THE NONLINEAR RESONANT PLASMA-WAVE INTERACTION IN A COLLISIONAL MAGNETOPLASMA , Pages 189-238 , A.B. Shvartsburg LAGRANGIAN METHODS IN NONLINEAR PLASMA WAVE INTERACTION , Pages 239-252 , F.W. Crawford ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN LINEAR AND NONLINEAR REGIMES , Pages 253-261 , George C. Papanicolaou STATIONARY REGIMES IN PASSIVE NONLINEAR NETWORKS , Pages 263-301 , A.G. Ramm NONLINEARLY LOADED ANTENNAS , Pages 303-341 , Giorgio Franceschetti, Innocenzo Pinto NONLINEAR OSCILLATIONS (LIMIT CYCLES) IN PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS , Pages 343-389 , F. Kaiser NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES WITH BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS , Pages 391-426 , Frank S. Barnes, Chia-lun J. Hu