Forty years of European microwaves. What about the future?

Vorst, A. Vander; Brazil, T.J.; Clarricoats, Peter J. B.; Gardiol, F. E.; Ligthart, L.P.; Marriott, Roger; Sorrentino, R.; Wilson, Andrew F.

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“…He was an author of the article 'High performance compact corrugated horn' published in 2004, when he was aged 72 (43), and 'Forty years of European microwaves: what about the future?' published in 2010 (44).…”

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Peter John Bell Clarricoats. 6 April 1932—17 January 2020

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2021

Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.

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Peter Clarricoats made fundamental contributions as a microwave engineer in the fields of applied electromagnetics for microwave and optical waveguides, and microwave antenna feeds. Peter was also a pioneer of optical fibres, and established the theory of electromagnetic propagation on dielectric and ferrite structures. In the course of this, he discovered that such structures can, under some conditions, support ‘backward waves’ and that guides can propagate complex modes. Over 40 years of his academic career, Peter Clarricoats had numerous notable achievements, including pioneering designs for shaped reflectors, reconfigurable reflectors and especially corrugated horns for microwave antennas. The latter are now universally used in satellite ground stations and in spacecraft. He published what became standard reference texts on corrugated horns for microwave antennas, microwave horns and feeds. He served as vice-president of both the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the International Union of Radio Science, and from 1998 to 2000 was chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council. He was appointed a CBE in 1996. He is the recipient of the 2001 Distinguished Achievement Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Antennas and Propagation Society, and in 2015 he received the Sir Frank Whittle Gold Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Peter John Bell Clarricoats. 6 April 1932—17 January 2020

Snowden

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2021

Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.

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The organization of Microwave Engineering by professional institutions in Europe, in the second half of the 20th century

Vorst¹

2015

Int. J. Microw. Wireless Technol.

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The purpose of this paper is twofold. It first describes how Microwaves were progressively organized by Professional Engineering Institutions in Europe in the years 1960–2000, essentially through individual efforts over many years. The first formal Microwave event organized in Europe was the European Microwave Conference in London, 1969, opening a series that continues as the European Microwave Week. It then shows that, over the same period of time, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), USA, which merged in 1963 with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, USA, to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), also became stronger in Europe. European IRE members developed the structure of the IRE in Western Europe, with a first Regional meeting in Geneva, 1962. The paper illustrates the development of both Microwave Engineering and IRE-IEEE in Europe in the period of time considered, thanks to the commitment of European individuals, some of whom have been active on both counts.

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The EuMA and European Microwave Week: A Retrospective [Speakers' Corner]

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Vorst²

2015

IEEE Microwave

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Forty years of European microwaves. What about the future?

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Peter John Bell Clarricoats. 6 April 1932—17 January 2020

Peter John Bell Clarricoats. 6 April 1932—17 January 2020

The organization of Microwave Engineering by professional institutions in Europe, in the second half of the 20th century

The EuMA and European Microwave Week: A Retrospective [Speakers' Corner]

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