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Behavior of ε (omega} and tan δ of a Class of Low-Loss Materials
Published
Author(s)
James R. Baker-Jarvis, Michael D. Janezic, Billy F. Riddle, Kim Sung
Abstract
In this project we study the behavior of the permittivity and loss tangent of a class of materials that exhibit relaxation. For relaxation response we show that the permittivity is a monotonically decreasing function of frequency. Also, for many low-liss ceramics, glasses, crystals, and solid polymers it is found that the loss tangent increases nearly linearly with frequency. This linearity is explained in terms of the pulse-response function and the Sparks-King-Mills model. We show that the linearity may be used to extrapolate the loss tangent out of the measurement band
Proceedings Title
CPEM 2010: Conference on Precision Electromagnetics Measurement 2010
Baker-Jarvis, J.
, Janezic, M.
, Riddle, B.
and Sung, K.
(2010),
Behavior of ε (omega} and tan δ of a Class of Low-Loss Materials, CPEM 2010: Conference on Precision Electromagnetics Measurement 2010, Daejeon, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=904756
(Accessed October 13, 2025)