Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)

 

TITLE

Dielectric Behavior of SrTiO3 and YiBa2CU3Ox at

10.6 GHz Using a Microwave Resonant Cavity as a Probe [PDF]

AUTHORS

J. N. Dahiya and J.A. Roberts

2000

35

2

105-119

YEAR

VOLUME

ISSUE

PAGES

 

Abstract

 

A cylindrical microwave resonant cavity operating in the TE011 mode was used to study the dielectric response of SrTiO3 and YiBa2CU3Ox. The microwave dielectric response of the powdered samples of these materials is studied as a junction temperature at a frequency of 10.6 GHz. For this study, a very precise heating and cooling system was designed to control the temperature accurately to a tenth of a degree. The real and imaginary parts of the complex permittivity were studied using Slater's Perturbation equations. The relaxation times of these materials are derived using Debye's equations for polar molecules.

 

Key Words:

Microwave spectrometer, resonant cavity, dielectric relaxation, ferroelectric material, high temperature superconductor.