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Introduction 37<br />

Figure 1.11: Electromagnetic spectrum.<br />

rates a magnetic field <strong>and</strong> vice versa.<br />

Therefore, as an oscillating electric field generates an oscillating magnetic field,<br />

the magnetic field in turn generates an oscillating electric field, <strong>and</strong> so on. These<br />

oscillating fields together form an electromagnetic wave.<br />

A quantum theory <strong>of</strong> the interactions between electromagnetic radiations <strong>and</strong><br />

matter such as electrons is described by the theory <strong>of</strong> quantum electrodynamics.<br />

At every frequency the propagation speed <strong>of</strong> an EM radiation is equal to the<br />

speed <strong>of</strong> light c that in the free space is exactly:<br />

c = 299.792.458 m s<br />

(1.5)<br />

1.4 Microwaves<br />

Microwaves (MW) are electromagnetic radiations with wavelength ranging<br />

from 1 mm to 1 m, or frequencies between 0.3 <strong>and</strong> 300 GHz.<br />

Therefore they<br />

are included between radio waves <strong>and</strong> infrared.<br />

37

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