Title :
A Nonperturbing Liquid Crystal Fiberoptic Microwave Power Probe
Author :
Gandhi, O.P. ; Rozzell, T.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
A miniaturized microwave probe has been developed using the microwave-caused heating of a thin coating of a resistive material and the resulting change in the color of a miniscule amount of liquid crystal in intimate contact. The probe can be inserted in animals for microwave biological effects research and is isotropic in its sensitivity to different polarizations of the fields.
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; coatings; liquid crystals; microwave heating; optical fibres; microwave biological effects; microwave-caused heating; miniaturized microwave probe; nonperturbing liquid crystal fiberoptic microwave power probe; resistive material; thin coating; Conductivity; Crystalline materials; Dielectric measurements; Electromagnetic heating; Light emitting diodes; Liquid crystals; Microwave measurements; Probes; Temperature sensors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium, 1975 IEEE-MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Palo Alton, CA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1975.1123367
