Radiometric-waveguide calibrators

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2073-2078

  Wollack, Edward J ^a   Fixsen, D J ^a   Kogut, A ^a   Limon, M ^a   Mirel, P ^a   Singal, J ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimeters and power measurement standards; Cryogenic instrumentation; Loaded waveguides; Microwave absorbers; Reference loads; Terminations; Waveguide components

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETRY;

CRYOGENIC INSTRUMENTATION; LOADED WAVEGUIDES; MICROWAVE ABSORBERS; POWER MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; REFERENCE LOADS;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 34748895457     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.903646     Document Type: Article

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