Apparatus and method for measuring electrostatic polarization

Title: Apparatus and method for measuring electrostatic polarization

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An apparatus and method for measuring the electric properties of solid matter which provides data for determining the polarizability of the electron distributions contained therein is disclosed. A sample of the solid to be studied is placed between the plates of a capacitor where it acts as a dielectric. The sample is excited by the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with an atomic species contained in the sample. The voltage induced across the capacitor is then measured as a function of time with the aid of a high Q circuit tuned to a frequency related to the frequency of the applied electromagnetic energy.

Inventors:

Hahn, Erwin L. ^[1]; Clarke, John ^[1]; Sloater, Tycho ^[2]; Hilbert, Claude ^[3]; Heaney, Michael B. ^[1]

(Berkeley, CA)
(Urbana, IL)
(Austin, TX)

Issue Date:: 1989-01-01

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA

OSTI Identifier:: 866977

Patent Number(s):: 4833392

Assignee:: Regents of University of California (Berkeley, CA) LBNL

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: apparatus; method; measuring; electrostatic; polarization; electric; properties; solid; matter; provides; data; determining; polarizability; electron; distributions; contained; therein; disclosed; sample; studied; placed; plates; capacitor; dielectric; excited; interaction; electromagnetic; radiation; atomic; species; voltage; induced; measured; function; time; circuit; tuned; frequency; related; applied; energy; atomic species; electromagnetic radiation; contained therein; electromagnetic energy; magnetic energy; voltage induced; frequency related; provides data; /324/

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                    Hahn, Erwin L., Clarke, John, Sloater, Tycho, Hilbert, Claude, and Heaney, Michael B. Apparatus and method for measuring electrostatic polarization.  United States: N. p., 1989. 
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