(2007-04-25) Mircea, Dragos Iulian; Anlage, Steven M; Electrical Engineering; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
Near-field microwave techniques have been successfully implemented in the past for the local investigation of magnetic materials and high-temperature superconductors. This dissertation reports on novel phase-sensitive linear- and nonlinear response microwave measurements of magnetic thin films and cuprate superconductors and their interpretation.