Dielectric losses in CVD diamonds in the millimeter-wave range at temperatures 300–900 K

We study losses in different CVD diamonds in the frequency range 50–210 GHz at temperatures 300– 900 K by using a high-Q open Fabry-Perot cavity. It is found that the effective activation energies determining a sharp increase in losses at high temperatures are distributed in the range 0.4–0.8 eV. We propose a formula which relates the frequency and temperature dependences of losses for different CVD-diamond specimens in the first approximation. Suggestions on the nature of these losses are put forward.