Dielectric resonances in the microwave region 16 to 40 GHz have been observed in single crystals of the highly anisotropic material TTF-TCNQ below 25°K. The application of open-circuit boundary conditions to the dielectric resonator problem is shown to be inappropriate for this material and a tractable alternative theory, which takes external fields into account, is presented. Using this theory, the dielectric modes were analyzed at 4.2°K to obtain the complex dielectric constant εb along the crystallographic b-axis. For four samples studied in detail, the average values for the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant are found to be 4200 and 16 respectively at 25 GHz. A frequency dependence of ε’b
is found; however, it is not clear whether this frequency dependence is intrinsic to the samples or is due to the approximate nature of the solution. No frequency dependence of ε”b was observed. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/20283 |
| Date | January 1977 |
| Creators | Barry, Charles Patrick |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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