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Fiberoptic Sensor for Minimally-Perturbing Measurement of Electric Fields in High Power Microwave Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

M. H. Sun ,
K. A. Wickersheim ,
A. Kamal  and
W. R. Kolbeck
M. H. Sun
Affiliation:
Luxtron Corporation, 1060 TerraBella Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
K. A. Wickersheim
Affiliation:
Luxtron Corporation, 1060 TerraBella Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
A. Kamal
Affiliation:
Luxtron Corporation, 1060 TerraBella Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
W. R. Kolbeck
Affiliation:
Luxtron Corporation, 1060 TerraBella Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
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Summary

Recently a small, minimally-perturbing, isotropic, and easy-to-use fiberoptic microwave E-field probe has been developed. This probe senses microwave energy by measuring the Joule heating of a susceptor material. It consists of two Luxtron Fluoroptic sensors. One measures the temperature of the susceptor formed as a thin-walled spherical shell, the other measures the temperature of the air around the susceptor so that any ambient temperature change can be subtracted. The differential temperature (δT) obtained between the two sensors is directly related to the microwave E-field strength or the power density corresponding to that field strength at the probe.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 189: Symposium L – Microwave Processing of Materials II , 1990 , 141
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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