| Foreword | |
| General Background | |
| Main Definitions | p. 1 |
| Properties of Microwaves | p. 4 |
| Historical Landmarks | p. 7 |
| Basic Assumptions | p. 9 |
| Transmission Lines and Waveguides | |
| Definitions and Classification | p. 15 |
| Propagation within a Closed Homogeneous Metallic Waveguide | p. 20 |
| Rectangular Waveguide | p. 37 |
| Circular Waveguide | p. 48 |
| Other Hollow Waveguides | p. 57 |
| Two-Conductor Lines: TEM Modes | p. 58 |
| Perturbation Methods | p. 62 |
| Inhomogeneous Lines and Waveguides | p. 70 |
| Simple Case: Dielectric Plate | p. 73 |
| Circular Dielectric Waveguide, Optical Fiber | p. 81 |
| Planar Lines | p. 90 |
| Problems | p. 106 |
| Resonant Cavities | |
| Introduction and General Background | p. 109 |
| Study of a Closed Homogeneous Cavity | p. 110 |
| Cavity Made of a Section of Transmission Line | p. 116 |
| Perturbation Methods | p. 129 |
| Open Cavities | p. 136 |
| Notions of Excitation | p. 143 |
| Problems | p. 145 |
| Generators and Amplifiers | |
| Basic Principles | p. 147 |
| Crossed Field Tubes: Magnetrons | p. 149 |
| Klystrons | p. 157 |
| Tubes with Distributed Coupling | p. 165 |
| Gyrotrons | p. 174 |
| Transferred Electron Generators | p. 176 |
| Avalanche and Transit Time | p. 182 |
| Transistors | p. 185 |
| Frequency Multiplication | p. 188 |
| Low Noise Amplifiers | p. 192 |
| Practical Notes | p. 196 |
| Problems | p. 200 |
| Signal Measurements | |
| Quantities Characterizing the Signal | p. 203 |
| Mechanical Measurements of Frequency | p. 204 |
| Frequency Counters | p. 208 |
| Spectrum Analyzer | p. 214 |
| Mechanical Measurement of Power | p. 217 |
| Measurement of Power by Thermal Conversion | p. 219 |
| Sources of Errors | p. 224 |
| Measurement of the Pulse Power | p. 228 |
| Cathode Ray Tubes | p. 231 |
| Problems | p. 231 |
| Microwave Devices | |
| Scattering Matrix | p. 255 |
| One-Port Devices | p. 244 |
| Two-Port Devices | p. 247 |
| Three-Port Devices | p. 265 |
| Four-Port Devices | p. 272 |
| Six-Port Devices | p. 285 |
| Nonreciprocal Ferrite Devices | p. 287 |
| Solid-State Control Devices | p. 306 |
| Insertion of Electronic Components | p. 311 |
| Problems | p. 315 |
| Device Measurements | |
| Principles of Comparative Measurements | p. 319 |
| Reflection Measurements: Slotted Line | p. 323 |
| Reflectometry | p. 332 |
| Attenuation and Phaseshift | p. 342 |
| Cavity Measurements | p. 354 |
| Measurement of the Noise Figure | p. 358 |
| Problems | p. 365 |
| Applications | |
| Radar | p. 367 |
| Communications | p. 374 |
| Microwave Heating | p. 394 |
| Biological Effects | p. 400 |
| Measurements of Materials | p. 403 |
| Radiometry | p. 411 |
| Transfer of Energy | p. 414 |
| Particle Accelerators | p. 415 |
| Problems | p. 416 |
| Transmission Line Fundamentals | |
| Introduction | p. 419 |
| Lossless Two-Conductor Line | p. 419 |
| Generalized Transmission Line | p. 421 |
| Boundary Conditions | p. 423 |
| Particular Case: Lossless Propagating Line | p. 426 |
| Matching | p. 435 |
| Appendices | |
| Vector Calculus | p. 439 |
| Integral Relationships | p. 446 |
| Bessel Functions | p. 448 |
| Modified Bessel Functions | p. 452 |
| Similarities between Microwaves and Acoustics | p. 455 |
| Tables for Rectangular and Circular Waveguides | p. 456 |
| Properties of Materials Currently used at Microwaves | p. 458 |
| Graphical Symbols Utilized at Microwaves | p. 458 |
| Solutions to the Problems | p. 463 |
| Bibliography | p. 471 |
| Glossary | p. 485 |
| Alphabetical Index | p. 489 |
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