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The Absorption of One-Half Centimeter Electromagnetic Waves in Oxygen

Robert Beringer

  • Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Phys. Rev. 70, 53 – Published 1 July, 1946

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.70.53

Abstract

The absorption of electromagnetic waves in the one-half cm wave-length range has been measured for O2 and O2-N2 mixtures as a function of pressure. The apparatus employs a klystron oscillator, crystal-rectifier frequency-multiplier, wave guide absorption path, and crystal detector. The measured values are in agreement with the theory of Van Vleck both as regards the absolute value of the absorption (which is as great as 67 db/km at the band center for pure O2 at a pressure of one atmosphere) and the dependence on pressure.

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