Natural oscillations of shielded multilayer spherical dielectric resonators

Characteristic equations and analytic expressions for the Q-factors are derived for a three-layer spherical dielectric resonator in a metal shield. The effect of dielectric coatings on the Q-factors of dielectric resonators is examined. The effect of a metal shield on thinning of the spectrum of a hollow spherical dielectric resonator is investigated.Kiev Polytechnic Institute. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 35, No. 6/7, pp. 579–586, June–July, 1992.