Building a resonant cavity for the measurement of microwave dielectric permittivity of high loss materials

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1687-1690

  Rubinger, C P L ^a   Costa, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complex permittivity; Microwaves; Perturbation theory; Resonant cavity

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; PERTURBATION THEORY; RESONANT CAVITY;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 34249817154     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22506     Document Type: Article

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