• DocumentCode
    2187665
  • Title

    Accuracy assesment of material measurements with a quasi-optical free-space test bench

  • Author

    Saenz, E. ; Rolo, L. ; van´t Klooster, Kees ; Paquay, M. ; Parshin, V.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Antenna & Submillimetre Wave Sect., Eur. Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC), Noordwijk, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    26-30 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    572
  • Lastpage
    576
  • Abstract
    In this paper accurate material measurements at sub-millimetre wave frequencies performed with two different systems are compared. Transmission and reflection results of high quality samples measured with a quasi-optical open resonator and a quasi-optical free-space bench are presented. Based on the comparison between the two results, an accuracy assessment of the transmission set-up is performed.
  • Keywords
    optical resonators; space communication links; submillimetre wave measurement; accurate material measurements; quasioptical free-space bench; quasioptical free-space test bench; quasioptical open resonator; sub-millimetre wave frequencies; Accuracy; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Loss measurement; Materials; Reflection; Resonant frequency; Quasi-Optical free-space bench; Quasi-Optical open resonator; material characterisation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0918-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0919-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206324
  • Filename
    6206324