A closed-form solution for reconstruction of permittivity of dielectric slabs placed at the center of a rectangular waveguide

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Akhtar, M Jaleel ^a,b   Feher, Lambert E ^b   Thumm, Manfred ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex relative permittivity; Dielectric properties; Microwave measurements; Partially filled rectangular waveguides (PFWG)

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSIONS; DIELECTRIC SLABS; MATERIAL-UNDER-TEST (MUT); PARTIALLY FILLED RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES (PFWG); TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENT DATA;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; PERMITTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33846626453     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2006.887054     Document Type: Article

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