Microwave radiometer blackbody calibration standard for use at millimeter wavelengths

P F Goldsmith; R A Kot; R S Iwasaki

doi:10.1063/1.1135996

Microwave radiometer blackbody calibration standard for use at millimeter wavelengths

Rev Sci Instrum. 1979 Sep;50(9):1120-2. doi: 10.1063/1.1135996.

Authors

P F Goldsmith¹, R A Kot, R S Iwasaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.

PMID: 18699680
DOI: 10.1063/1.1135996

Abstract

We describe a high-temperature reference load designed for calibration of microwave radiometers at frequencies of 80-150 GHz. An effective temperature of 410 K and a power reflection coefficient of less than 5 x 10(-4) have been measured at frequencies between 85 and 95 GHz.