TABLE OF CONTENTS In recent years, electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures have attracted increasing interest in the electromagnetic community. Because of their desirable electromagnetic properties, they have been widely studied for potential applications in antenna engineering. Hundreds of EBG papers have been published in various journals and conferences. To illustrate the rapid increase of research interest, a simple search using the keywords EBG and antenna was performed on IEEE Xplore on 1/18/2008 and the data are plotted in Fig. A.1 based on the available number of publications. It is clear that the number of papers has steadily increased over the years with an apparent peak of publications in 2005.
Here we provide a comprehensive overview of these publications so that readers can establish a clear picture of EBG development. It will also help readers to easily find papers related to their own research interests. Since the scope of this book is EBG metamaterials, papers on double negative property, left-handed propagation, and negative refractive index are not covered in this overview. We also regret if we have missed some papers as there have been so many international conferences with sessions on this topic.
To start with, we would like to emphasize several special issues organized in microwave and antenna journals that relate to EBG research. These special issues provide the readers with background and information for EBG research. They summarize the latest research progress at the...
