The waveguide below-cutoff attenuation standard

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 12 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2408-2413

  Russell, David H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuators; Calibration; High frequency; Measurements; Standards; Uncertainty; Waveguide standards

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; STANDARDS;

WAVEGUIDE BELOW CUTOFF (WBCO) ATTENUATION; WAVEGUIDE STANDARDS;

WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

EID: 0031336457     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.643852     Document Type: Article

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