Transient Interaction of Electromagnetic Pulses in Dielectrics and Microwave Biophysics.

Abstract

This research includes the following three subjects: 1) Pressure Waves Generated by Microwave Pulses: A thorough formulation on microwave electrostrictive effects is developed. It is shown that pressure waves may be generated via two physical mechanisms, one by thermoelastic process and another by electrostrictive force. On the thermoelastic process, pressure waves are generated by microwave pulses if there are thermal, mechanical, or electrical discontinuities in dielectrics. 2) Transient Dielectric Response: A non-steady state model of dielectric relaxation is developed to analyze dielectric response to short microwave pulses in the transient regime. Microwave Dosimetry and Microwave Imaging: Two non-invasive microwave dosimetry techniques are developed, which are also applied to develop three-dimensional microwave imaging algorithms of arbitrary inhomogeneous dielectric bodies. Keywords: Transient dielectric response, Microwave pulse effect, Microwave acoustics, Microwave electrostrictive effect, Microwave thermoacoustic effect, Microwave scattering, Microwave dosimetry, Microwave imaging. (KT)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195687

Entities

People

  • Theodore C. Guo
  • Wendy W. Guo

Organizations

  • The Catholic University of America

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Amplitude
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Dielectric Properties
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Intensity
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology