Characterization of Complex Permittivity Properties of Materials in Rectangular Waveguides Using a Hybrid Iterative Method

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 186-188

  Esteban, H ^a   Catala Civera, J M ^a   Cogollos, S ^a   Boria, V E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dielectric materials; optimization methods; parameter estimation; rectangular waveguides; spectral domain analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ETHANOL; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC NETWORK ANALYZER; ELECTROMAGNETIC MULTIMODE SIMULATION; MULTILAYERED DIELECTRIC ROD;

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 0034187263     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.850372     Document Type: Article

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