Apparatus and method for measuring electrostatic polarization

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:866977

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

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1. Berkeley, CA
2. Urbana, IL
3. Austin, TX

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.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Berkeley, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4833392
• OSTI ID: 866977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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