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Low Frequency Material Characterization Of Thin Substrates In A Coaxial Transmission Line, Lee B. Cole

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This research analyzes the complex permittivity and permeability of thin material samples at low frequencies in the presence of large outer air gaps. It uses the modal method developed in previous research to account for the errors introduced to the system by the presence of higher order modes excited by the air gaps. The theoretical scattering parameters returned by the modal method are compared to the measured scattering parameters and the difference between the two is minimized using a complex root search algorithm. The method is tested with samples of a dielectric material and the magnetic material WaveX which respectively …