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New Frontiers in the Use of Microwave Energy: Power and Metrology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Ralph W. Bruce
Ralph W. Bruce*
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Electrical Engineering Department, Nashville, TN 37235
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Abstract

The Microwave/Radio Frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum has been used principally for the transmission and reception of information in communications and radar. With the advent of low cost commercial and consumer items (satellite downlinks and microwave ovens) has also come a resurgence of interest in using the energy and properties of these frequencies for other important tasks.

The purpose of this paper is to give a short review of the basics of electromagnetic heating and an overview of new trends in this use of microwave/RF energy. These trends can be divided into two broad categories: power and metrology.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 124: Symposium M – Microwave Processing of Materials I , 1988 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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