ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the National Bureau of Standards’ (NBS) Plane-Wave Scattering-Matrix Theory of Antennas and Antenna-Antenna Interactions, relating the context in which the publication appeared, its impact on science, technology, and the general public, and brief details about the lives and work of the author. Plane-Wave Scattering-Matrix Theory of Antennas and Antenna-Antenna Interactions aims to facilitate the critical acceptance and proper application of antenna and field measurement techniques deriving more or less directly from the plane-wave scattering matrix (PWSM) theory of antennas and antenna-antenna interactions. The expository plan is based upon experience at NBS in developing, discussing, teaching, and reporting on the PWSM theory and techniques, as well as upon observing at close hand the development of major NBS facilities for practical antenna measurement applications. All field and antenna measurements involve measurements of antenna outputs and inputs.
