Early Developments in Sensors and Simulators at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory

Personnel at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory introduced many innovative concepts in electromagnetics (EM) and created new antenna and sensor designs that made possible much of the wideband electromagnetics technology we have today. Many practitioners in high power EM are familiar with wideband sensors and simulators, but may not be aware of their origin. The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the concepts from which many of the designs evolved and provide some interesting insight into the mind of Dr. Carl Baum, who created them.