| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Wave Polarization Principles | p. 5 |
| Plane Waves | p. 5 |
| The Concept and Visualization of Polarized Waves | p. 10 |
| Quantifying Polarization States | p. 18 |
| Decomposition of Waves | p. 23 |
| Problems | p. 28 |
| References | p. 29 |
| Polarization State Representations | p. 31 |
| Introduction | p. 31 |
| The Polarization Ellipse | p. 32 |
| The Poincare Sphere | p. 36 |
| Complex Vector Representation | p. 38 |
| Stokes Parameters | p. 43 |
| Polarization Ratio | p. 46 |
| Polarization Ratio for LP | p. 46 |
| Polarization Ratio for CP | p. 51 |
| Determination of Orthogonal Polarization States | p. 53 |
| The Poincare Sphere | p. 53 |
| The Polarization Ellipse | p. 53 |
| The Complex Vector Representation | p. 57 |
| Stokes Parameters | p. 59 |
| Polarization Ratio | p. 60 |
| Examples | p. 61 |
| Problems | p. 63 |
| References | p. 65 |
| Antenna Polarization and Polarization Measurements | p. 67 |
| Antenna Polarization and Generation of Polarized Waves | p. 67 |
| Linearly Polarized Antennas | p. 68 |
| Circularly Polarized Antennas | p. 68 |
| Polarization Measurements | p. 72 |
| Copolarized and Cross-Polarized Radiation Patterns | p. 75 |
| General Definitions of Copolarization and Cross Polarization | p. 77 |
| Polarization Pattern Measurement | p. 79 |
| The Spinning Linear and Dual-Linear Pattern Methods | p. 81 |
| Complete Polarization State Measurement | p. 83 |
| Phase-Amplitude Method | p. 83 |
| Multiple Amplitude-Component Methods | p. 87 |
| Measurement of the Polarization of Large Antennas | p. 90 |
| Gain Measurement | p. 91 |
| Gain Measurement of LP Antennas | p. 94 |
| Gain Measurement of CP Antennas | p. 94 |
| Absolute Gain Measurement | p. 96 |
| Antenna Polarization Properties | p. 96 |
| Broad-Beam Antennas | p. 97 |
| Narrow-Beam Antennas | p. 98 |
| Problems | p. 103 |
| References | p. 104 |
| Partially Polarized Waves | p. 107 |
| Stokes Parameter Representation for Partially Polarized Waves | p. 108 |
| Other Representations for Partially Polarized Waves | p. 111 |
| Measurement of Partially Polarized Waves | p. 112 |
| References | p. 115 |
| Antenna-Wave Interaction | p. 117 |
| Polarization Efficiency | p. 117 |
| Polarization Efficiency Evaluation Using the Poincare Sphere | p. 120 |
| Polarization Efficiency Evaluation Using Stokes Parameters | p. 122 |
| Polarization Efficiency Expressed in Axial Ratios | p. 126 |
| Polarization Efficiency Expressed in Terms of Polarization Ratios | p. 132 |
| Polarization Efficiency Expressed in Complex Vector Form | p. 133 |
| Decomposition of Polarization Efficiency into Unpolarized and Completely Polarized Parts and into Copolarized and Cross-Polarized Parts | p. 135 |
| Vector Effective Length of an Antenna | p. 137 |
| Complex Voltage | p. 142 |
| Problems | p. 144 |
| References | p. 147 |
| Dual-Polarized Systems | p. 149 |
| Cross-Polarization Ratio | p. 150 |
| Cross-Polarization Discrimination and Cross-Polarization Isolation | p. 154 |
| Definitions | p. 155 |
| Dual Decomposition | p. 159 |
| Evaluation of XPD | p. 161 |
| Performance Evaluation of Dual-Polarized Systems | p. 169 |
| Isolation Degradation from Imperfect Antennas | p. 170 |
| Isolation in System Performance Evaluation | p. 170 |
| Polarization Control Devices | p. 172 |
| Polarizers | p. 173 |
| Orthomode Transducers | p. 175 |
| Depolarization Compensation Systems | p. 176 |
| Problems | p. 180 |
| References | p. 181 |
| Depolarizing Media and System Applications | p. 183 |
| Principles of Depolarizing Media | p. 183 |
| Depolarization at Interfaces | p. 188 |
| General Formulation | p. 189 |
| Reflection from a Plane, Perfect Conductor | p. 195 |
| Reflection from the Ground | p. 196 |
| Dual-Polarized Systems with a Depolarizing Medium in the Path | p. 200 |
| A Depolarizing Medium Along the Path | p. 201 |
| Rain on a Radio Path | p. 204 |
| Inclusion of Antenna Effects | p. 209 |
| Faraday Rotation | p. 213 |
| Polarization in Radar and Radiometry | p. 216 |
| Polarimetric Radar | p. 216 |
| Radiometry | p. 223 |
| Problems | p. 223 |
| References | p. 224 |
| Frequency Bands | p. 225 |
| Useful Mathematical Relations | p. 227 |
| Unit Vector Representations | p. 227 |
| Trigonometric Identities | p. 227 |
| Symbols | p. 231 |
| Bibliography | p. 235 |
| Index | p. 237 |
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