The document discusses different modes of propagation for electromagnetic waves including TE, TM, and TEM modes. It explains that TE modes have electric fields perpendicular to the direction of propagation, TM modes have magnetic fields perpendicular to propagation, and TEM modes have both electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to propagation. It also discusses the cutoff frequency and wavelength for different waveguide modes and provides an example of calculating these values for a rectangular waveguide.