A Catalog of Low Power Loss Parameters and High Power Thresholds for Partially Magnetized Ferrites

The low power loss and high power threshold properties have been measured on a number of candidate ferrite phase-shifting materials. The low power loss is characterized by /spl mu//sub 0/'', the imaginary part of the diagonal component of the permeability tensor for the completely demagnetized state. /spl mu/sub 0/'' was measured from 3.0 to 16.8 GHz. The high power properties are characterized by the parallel pump threshold at a bias field correspontig to H/sub i/ /spl equiv/ 0 and to 4/spl pi/M /spl equiv/ 4/spl pi/M/sub s/. The threshold was measured between 3.0 and 16.8 GHz. For the purposes of computer calculation /spl mu//sub 0/'' and h/sub crit/ were fit to an equation of the form A (/spl gamma/4/spl pi/M/sub s/ / /spl omega/)/sup N/. Translating /spl mu//sub 0/'' and h/sub crit/ to /spl Delta/H/sub eff/ and /spl Delta/H/sub k/ gives the YIG plus Al as the lowest loss and lowest threshold materials followed by the Gd garnets and MgMn spinels. The Ni spinels are very Iossy.