Design and Characterization of Microwave Cavity Resonators for Noninvasive Monitoring of Plant Water Distribution

We demonstrate a dedicated design of microwave cavity resonators mainly developed for high-throughput phenotyping systems of plants. Based on simulations, the field distribution of the TM010 mode inside the resonators was modified to achieve an electric field, which is homogeneously distributed in the horizontal plane and oriented in the vertical direction. Such a distribution together with large ...