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Electromagnetic waves. --- Maxwell equations. --- Equations, Maxwell --- Differential equations, Partial --- Electromagnetic theory --- Electromagnetic energy --- Electromagnetic radiation --- Waves

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This text seeks to illuminate, mainly for the electrical power engineers of the future, the topic of large scale solar flux gathering schemes, which arguably represent the major source of renewable power available. The aim of the content is to impart, from an electromagnetic perspective, a deep and sound understanding of the topic of solar flux collection, ranging from the characteristics of light to the properties of antennas. To do this five chapters are employed to provide a thorough grounding in relevant aspects of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves including optics, electromagnetic radiation and reception, aperture antennas and array antennas, and the quantum electrodynamics aspects of optical absorption, as it relates to photovoltaic techniques. The principles developed in these chapters are then used to underpin and elucidate the main chapters on photovoltaic collectors, concentrated solar power collectors, satellite based collection systems and optical nantennas. To establish the novel and transformative renewable technologies, which civilisation will soon require, in order to achieve sustainability quickly and effectively, the availability of professional engineers and scientists with a thorough and commanding grasp of the fundamental science is an absolutely essential prerequisite. This book provides this for solar power generating systems.

Solar energy --- Electromagnetic waves --- Data processing. --- Solar power --- Force and energy --- Renewable energy sources --- Solar radiation --- Electromagnetic energy --- Electromagnetic radiation --- Electromagnetic theory --- Waves --- Production of electric energy or. --- Energy Harvesting. --- Energy Systems. --- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks. --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Energy harvesting. --- Energy systems. --- Power electronics. --- Optics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Dynamics --- Physics --- Light --- Electronics, Power --- Electric power --- Electronics --- Energy scavenging --- Harvesting, Energy --- Power harvesting --- Power resources

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This book covers the latest advances in the techniques employed to manage the THz radiation and its potential uses. It has been subdivided in three sections: THz Detectors, THz Sources, Systems and Applications. These three sections will allow the reader to be introduced in a logical way to the physics problems of sensing and generation of the terahertz radiation, the implementation of these devices into systems including other components and finally the exploitation of the equipment for real applications in some different field. All of the sections and chapters can be individually addressed in order to deepen the understanding of a single topic without the need to read the whole book. The THz Detectors section will address the latest developments in detection devices based on three different physical principles: photodetection, thermal power detection, rectification. The THz Sources section will describe three completely different generation methods, operating in three separate scales: quantum cascade lasers, free electron lasers and non-linear optical generation. The Systems and Applications section will take care of introducing many of the aspects needed to move from a device to an equipment perspective: control of terahertz radiation, its use in imaging or in spectroscopy, potential uses in security, and will address also safety issues. The text book is at a level appropriate to graduate level courses up to researchers in the field who require a reference book covering all aspects of terahertz technology.

Physics. --- Microwaves. --- Optical materials. --- Applied and Technical Physics. --- Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. --- Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physics - General --- Optics --- Hertzian waves --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Materials --- Atomic structure. --- Molecular structure. --- Spectra. --- Optical engineering. --- Electronic materials. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Terahertz technology. --- Submillimeter waves. --- Electromagnetic waves. --- Electromagnetic energy --- Electromagnetic radiation --- Electromagnetic theory --- Waves --- Submillimeter radiation --- Submillimeter-terahertz radiation --- Terahertz radiation --- Waves, Submillimeter --- Electromagnetic waves --- Radiation --- High technology --- Electromagnetic devices --- Electric waves --- Geomagnetic micropulsations --- Radio waves --- Shortwave radio --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Atomic structure  . --- Molecular structure . --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Mechanical engineering --- Structure, Molecular --- Chemical structure --- Structural bioinformatics --- Structure, Atomic --- Atomic theory --- Electronic materials --- New optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators