To mimic a conventional optical reflection and transmission detection method to
measure the dielectric constants of bulk materials, we develop a microwave double
dielectric resonator to measure the dielectric constants of nanometallic powders. The
vacuum evaporated metallic nanoparticles mixed with a low loss tangent alumina
powder, exploited to reduce the rapid attenuation of electromagnetic field, are
used to fill the inner hole of a sapphire tube by which the resonant frequency and
Q
factor are measured at the TE011 mode to derive the dielectric constant. The
experimental results for large grain size particles are comparable to the bulk
optical values.
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