Title :
Analysis of atmospheric attenuation due to water content at 400 and 650 GHz
Author :
Weber, Marcus J. ; Yang, Benjamin B. ; Kulie, Mark ; Bennartz, Ralf ; Booske, John H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
We present an experimental study of electromagnetic losses resulting from atmospheric absorption and scattering on terahertz (THz) radiation. A sealed, high-Q quasi-optical resonator system permits the determination of atmospheric attenuation, while also allowing for the measurement of water content within the system. The measured data is then compared with the predictive Millimeter-wave Propagation Model (MPM).
Keywords :
millimetre wave propagation; resonators; terahertz waves; atmospheric absorption; atmospheric attenuation; atmospheric scattering; electromagnetic loss; frequency 400 GHz to 650 GHz; high-Q quasi-optical resonator system; millimeter-wave propagation; terahertz radiation; water content; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Millimeter wave measurements; Sea measurements; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104815
