When the operating frequency of a microwave cavity approaches a resonant mode, which mechanism causes increased power dissipation?

💡 Explanation

Enhanced constructive interference coupling causes greater power dissipation, because at resonance, incident microwaves perfectly align in phase, therefore increasing electromagnetic field energy, rather than dielectric losses at certain frequencies, band transitions under excitation or quantum Hall effects which are negligible here.

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