5. Glossary

Heterodyne; heterodyne

Analog signal processing technique based on the frequency transposition of a signal by frequency multiplication.

Magnetic permeability

Macroscopic property describing a material's response to an applied magnetic field.

Permittivité diélectrique; dielectric permittivity

Macroscopic property that describes a material's response to an applied electric field.

TEM (Transverse Electromagnetic Mode)

Propagation mode in which the electric and magnetic fields are both orthogonal to the direction of wave propagation.