Active microwave cavity for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR

Details Active microwave cavity for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR Active microwave cavity for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR

1985-10-04

1987-06-23

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

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324316, 330 44, A61B 600

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046745130

ABSTRACT:
This disclosure relates to a microwave amplifier (22) having an active X-Band microwave cavity (33) for use in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements on large, lossy, irradiated, samples such as a human finger. The amplifier comprises an input section (31), a drift section (32) and an output section (33) which is the aforementioned active microwave cavity. An electron beam is used to input RF energy into the cavity. The input and output section have small helical couplers (34) for coupling RF energy onto and off of the electron beam. The RF wave is essentially "trapped" in the cavity because of the non-reciprocal nature of the electron beam medium and because the guide (i.e., drift section) at the input to the cavity has dimensions such that the frequency of the RF microwave energy is below the guides lower cut-off frequency. Also, a frequency "locking" effect occurs in the output cavity. The input frequency can be varied from 1-2% yet the output frequency does not change. The active microwave cavity has a cylindrically shaped window (41) located at the back-end of the cavity which extends inward towards the region of high RF fields inside the cavity. A large, lossy, irradiated sample such as a finger can be inserted into or behind this window and analyzed for radiation damage.

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M. Bersohn and J. Bird, "Electron Paramagnetic Resonance," W. Benjamin Inc. (1966) pp. 201-207.

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