Microwave measurement of surface resistance by the parallel-plate dielectric resonator method

Analysis and experimental results are presented for a parallel-plate dielectric resonator method to measure the surface resistance of conducting or superconducting plates. In the present paper, three main questions are considered in detail: the influence of the relative sizes of the conducting or superconducting plates on the measured value of the surface resistance Rs, the influence of the shape of the plates on the Rs measurement, and how to interpret obtained results. Measurements were made at resonant frequencies of 14.1-14.5 GHz in a temperature range between 77 and 300 K.SCOPUS: ar.j