A Water-Based Conical Blackbody Concept for Millimeter-Wave Remote Sensing

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Schroder, Arne [1 ]
Murk, Axel [1 ]
von Werra, Leandro [2 ]
Reinhard, Florian [2 ]
Raisin, Philippe [2 ]
Jacob, Karl [1 ]
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[1] Univ Bern, Inst Appl Phys, Bern, Switzerland
[2] AME GmbH, Bern, Switzerland
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We propose a novel concept for water-based blackbodies to be used as calibration sources in microwave remote sensing instruments. In order to obtain a low electromagnetic reflectivity, a curved conical interface between water and air has been developed by means of numerical simulations. A blackbody prototype consisting of a 3D printed conical low-loss plastic shell was manufactured and experimental results demonstrate that the reflectivity of the proposed prototype is superior to established blackbody concepts. In particular, the S-11 is below -60 dB in the considered frequency ranges between 150 and 400 GHz.
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