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Using radiation pressure to develop a radio-frequency power measurement technique traceable to the redefined SI
- Source :
- Applied Physics Letters. 113:164102
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- We discuss a power-measurement technique traceable to the International System of Units (SI) based on radiation pressure (or radiation force) inherent in an electromagnetic wave. A measurement of radiation pressure offers the possibility for a power measurement traceable to the kilogram and to Planck's constant through the redefined SI. Towards this goal, we performed measurements of the radiation pressure in a radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic field at three frequencies (26.5 GHz, 32.5 GHz, and 40.0 GHz) and power levels ranging from 2 W to 25 W using a commercially available mass scale. We show comparisons between the RF power obtained with this technique and those obtained with a conventional power meter. The results in this paper represent the first step towards the realization of a more direct link to RF power within the newly redefined SI.
- Subjects :
- Electromagnetic field
Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
business.industry
010401 analytical chemistry
RF power amplifier
Ranging
01 natural sciences
Electromagnetic radiation
Radio frequency power transmission
0104 chemical sciences
Power (physics)
010309 optics
Optics
Radiation pressure
Electricity meter
0103 physical sciences
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10773118 and 00036951
- Volume :
- 113
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........389adecd22c846ccca91be9cafc28518