The input impedance of a coaxial line fed probe in a cylindrical waveguide

Dyadic Green's functions for determining the electric and magnetic fields in a cylindrical waveguide due to a radially directed infinitesimally short electric dipole are derived. The waveguide is shorted at one end and terminated at a perfectly matched load at the other. Both TE and TM modes are considered. Based on these dyadic Green's functions, the input impedance of a coaxial line fed probe in front of the plunger is derived. The formula is expressed in a closed form. Excellent agreement between theoretical results and experimental data for exciting the TE/sub 11/ mode in the X band for various probe positions is observed.<
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