Microwave Radiation

Abstract

Microwave radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. It covers, broadly speaking, frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. For example a microwave oven operates at a frequency of 2.45 GHz and many mobile network providers use frequencies between 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz. Microwave radiation has many applications including telecommunications, microwave ovens for our kitchens, military purposes, radar technology and air traffic control, radio astronomy and navigation, and to generate plasma and energy. In London and Oxford we use microwave spectroscopy to study complexes of nitric oxide.