Розробка та характеризація керамічних вставок в металеві резонатори ЕПР спектрометрів для підвищення їх чутливості

S.V. Lemishko; I.P. Vorona; I.S. Golovina; V.O. Yukhymchuk; S.M. Okulov; V.V. Nosenko; S.O. Solopan; A.G. Belous

doi:10.15407/ujpe66.6.497

Development and Characterization of Ceramic Inserts Used in Metallic Resonators of EPR Spectrometers to Increase Their Sensitivity

Authors

S.V. Lemishko V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
I.P. Vorona V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
I.S. Golovina V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Drexel University
V.O. Yukhymchuk V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
S.M. Okulov V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
V.V. Nosenko V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
S.O. Solopan V.I. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
A.G. Belous V.I. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe66.6.497

Keywords:

EPR spectroscopy, dielectric resonators, EPR sensitivity, barium tetratitanate

Abstract

Cylindrical dielectric inserts for a standard EPR spectrometer with a metallic resonator have been developed on the basis of doped barium tetratitanate ceramics (BaTi₄O₉ + 8.5% ZnO) with the dielectric constant e = 36 and low dielectric losses (tan б ≈ 1.887 × 10⁻⁴) in a frequency interval of 9–10 GHz. It was found that the application of such dielectric inserts allows the EPR signal to be amplified owing to the redistribution of the microwave field in a standard rectangular TE₁₀₂ resonator. The amplification is observed for both unsaturated samples and samples characterized by the saturation of the EPR signals. A gain factor of 9 was obtained for unsaturated test MnCl₂ samples, and 1.5 for saturated test MgO : Mn ones.

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2021-07-06

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Lemishko, S., Vorona, I., Golovina, I., Yukhymchuk, V., Okulov, S., Nosenko, V., Solopan, S., & Belous, A. (2021). Development and Characterization of Ceramic Inserts Used in Metallic Resonators of EPR Spectrometers to Increase Their Sensitivity. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 66(6), 497. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe66.6.497

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