In this paper, the electromagnetic wave propagation characteristic in a plasma sheath with a bimodal electron density distribution model is studied. Our interest lies in the numerical simulation of the propagation of electromagnetic waves near the socalled lower hybrid frequency in a strongly magnetised plasma. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a longitudinally magnetized germanium plasma waveguide. It is shown that along with the longitudinal langmuir resonance, the transverse resonance is. Reflection and transmission coecients are calculated for discretised plasma by considering electron. It is known that with the nuclear explosions the electromagnetic radiation in the very wide frequency band is observed, up to the radiofrequency range.
This volume is based on the contributions of several authors in electromagnetic waves propagations. The propagation of electromagnetic waves through plasmas has been extensively studied from a classical viewpoint. Characteristics of electromagnetic wave propagation through a magnetized plasma slab with linear electron density profile is analysed. Radio propagation is a term used to explain how radio waves behave when they are transmitted, or are propagated from one point on the earth to another. The transverse waves, under these conditions, each has propagation constant. Oughstun college of engineering and mathematics, university of vermont, burlington abstract. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas. Visible light is a commonly studied form of electromagnetic radiation, and exhibits oscillating electric and magnetic fields whose amplitudes and directions are represented by. Chapter 5 electromagnetic waves in mit opencourseware. In this case then, the rf em waves propagate in a subwavelength regime, where the propagation characteristics should be significantly different from that in the geometric optics regime. On the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma with shear of the magnetic field. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromangetic waves in plasmas pre.
Pdf the propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a. Characteristics of electromagnetic wave propagation through a magnetised plasma slab with linearly varying electron density by c. On the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma with. Translated from the russian edition moscow, 1960 by j.
This option allows users to search by publication, volume and page selecting this option will search the current publication in context. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in and around plasmas. In free space, all electromagnetic waves radio, light, xrays, etc obey the inversesquare law which states that the power density of an electromagnetic wave is proportional to the inverse of. This complex of particles and fields supports a wide variety of wave phenomena. Review article plasma sources based on the propagation of. Wave phenomena have been an important subject in the plasma research community. Propagation of highfrequency electromagnetic waves. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas. The relationship of the propagation properties with frequencies of electromagnetic wave, and parameters of plasma electron temperature, electron density, dimensionless collision frequency and the size of the plasma slab is analyzed. Pier b online characteristics of electromagnetic wave. Ginzburg, propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma in russian, izd. In this chapter, the behavior of electromagnetic waves emitte d from within the ionospheric plasma and the analytical solutions are necessary to understand the characteristics of the environment will be defined. Propagation of waves across a magnetoplasmavacuum boundary.
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in magnetized plasma near the electron. Electromagnetic waves can be generated by a variety of methods, such as a discharging spark or by an oscillating molecular dipole. Interaction of electromagnetic waves with electron beams and. Electron waves and resonances in bounded plasmas by paul e. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a weakly ionized. Modal ring method for the scattering of electromagnetic waves microform kenneth j.
Stix 1962 are no longer applicable when inhomogeneities are present in the plasma or the underlying space time is curved. Microwave and rf plasmas are finding increasing use in materials. International series of monographs in electromagnetic waves, oxford. It is on water waves, with special emphasis on old and new results for waves on a sloping beach. This paper presents an analysis in the paraxial approximation of a selfconsistent, steadystate, theoretical model, which explains the ring formation in a gaussian electromagnetic beam propagating in a magnetoplasma, characterized by ponderomotive and collisional nonlinearities. Propagation properties of electromagnetic wave in a plasma. In the absence of free charge and current densities the maxwell equations are. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas, book. Propagation electromagnetic waves plasmas abebooks. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas pergamon, oxford, 1970, p. Our aim is to disucss the electromagnetic waves and plasma interaction in view of the.
Is shown that in the nonmagnetized plasma, besides longitudinal langmuir resonance can exist the transverse plasma resonance. A comparative study on electromagnetic wave propagation in a. Propagation of electromagnetic waves second, low frequencies in electrostatics an electric field does not penetrate into a conductor e. On the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma. Auroreback1,takashihattori1,simon labrunie1,jeanrodolpheroche1 and pierre bertrand2 abstract. Characteristics of electromagnetic wave propagation through a. In the magnetized fregion plasmas, lmc of electromagnetic em waves into electrostatic es or electron plasma langmuir waves is very distinctive from the cases of unmagnetized and weakly magnetized plasmas. There are may propagation mechanisms by which signals can travel between the radar transmitter and receiver. Tushentsov department of physics and institute for fusion studies, the university of texas at austin. Dielectric relation for em waves propagating at a weakly ionized dusty plasma is derived based on the boltzmann distribution law while considering the collision and charging effects of dust grains. However, the fdtd method may bring about extra runtime on concerning computationally large and complicated em problems. Reflection, absorption and transmission of te electromagnetic. Simulation of electromagnetic waves in the magnetized cold. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the plasma near.
Communication through plasma sheaths via raman threewave scattering process s. Propagation of highfrequency electromagnetic waves through a. Ginzburg, 9780677200804, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Electromagnetic energy dissipation and propagation of an. Provided that the wave amplitude is not sufficiently large to cause the particle to move at relativistic speeds, the. This paper presents an analysis and subsequent discussion of the self focusing of a dark hollow gaussian electromagnetic beam hgb in a magnetoplasma, considering ponderomotive and collisional nonlinearities. It does not truly propagate through the medium but just damps exponentially.
Because of the scattering and absorption of electromagnetic wave by plasma sheath, the electromagnetic wave attenuates gradually, which seriously impedes the normal communication between the spacecraft and the ground. These are meant to be introductory and are abbreviated versions of topics in my book linear and nonlinear waves, which can be consulted for ampli. V l ginzburg much attention has been given also to various sepecific problems, in particular the propagation and generation of waves in the earths ionosphere and magnetosphere, in the interplanetary plasma, and. Propagation properties of electromagnetic em waves in weakly ionized dusty plasmas are the subject of this study.
Is introduced the concept of magnetoelectrokinetic waves. The idea is to place a source of an intensive, high frequency electromagnetic pump wave on the vehicle and to use the nonlinearity of the medium to create a. Since wave propagation in a magnetized plasma is well described elsewhere stix, 1962 ginzburg, 1964. The resonance indicated can exist in the confined plasma. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasma by v. In this chapter, the behavior of electromagnetic waves emitted from within the ionospheric plasma and the analytical solutions are necessary to understand the characteristics of the environment will be defined. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma. In practice, the plasma sheath generated by the highspeed movement of the radar platform in nearspace affects the propagation of electromagnetic waves 43, 45. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas, 2nd ed.
Even worse, it may causes the spacecraft to lost contact, and result in socalled blackout phenomenon 1,2. Pulse propagation electromagnetic waves in unmagnetized plasmas consider a point particle of mass and electric charge interacting with a linearly polarized, sinusoidal, electromagnetic plane wave that propagates in the direction. The standard treatments using plane wave solutions to describe wave propagation in a homogeneous plasma in flat spacetime ginzburg 1964. The first page of the pdf of this article appears above. Plane electromagnetic waves and wave propagation 7. Communication through plasma sheaths via raman threewave. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas ginzburg, v.
Suvorov radiophysics and quantum electronics volume 15, pages 1008 1011 1972 cite this article. The propagation of electromagnetic waves through plasmas has. A mechanism of communication through plasma sheaths which surround vehicles traveling at hypersonic velocities is proposed. This is usually justi ed in most cases by the physical conditions regarding the plasma temperature and density at least when the considered wavelengths are not too short. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a longitudinally. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas, by v. Selecting this option will search all publications across the scitation platform selecting this option will search all publications for the publishersociety in context. The resonantcollisional absorption due to lmc greatly. Focusing of a dark hollow gaussian electromagnetic beam in a.
On the propagation of transverse electromagnetic waves in a plasma in a magnetic field. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves. Low frequency waves in the plasma environment around the shuttle microform boris v. We consider a model for the propagation and absorption of electromagnetic waves in the timeharmonic regime in a magnetised. Ring formation in electromagnetic beams propagating in a. The contents of most of the chapters are highlighting non. Fortunately, the fdtd method is easy to parallelize. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the plasma near electron cyclotron resonance.
International series of monographs in electromagnetic waves. Communication through plasma sheaths via raman three. Transverse plasma resonance can be used also for the warmingup of plasma and its diagnostics. Collisionalresonance absorption in coldwarm magnetized. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas nasaads. Ginzburg, propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasma translated from the russian,addisonwesley, reading. In this paper, the calculated results about the propagation properties of electromagnetic wave in a plasma slab are described. Due to its electrical conductivity, a plasma couples to electric and magnetic fields. On the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma with shear of the magnetic field e. The dissipation of electromagnetic energy from an ultrawideband plane wave.
Plasma waves a plasma is an ionized gas consisting of charged particles e. With an inhomogeneous density profile, if the plasma slab thickness is comparable to or less than the incident em wavelength, resonant absorption may occur and cause transmission and absorption of waves. The notions magnetoelectrokinetic and electromagnetopotential waves and kinetic capacity have been introduced. Ginzburg, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in. Problems in plasma physics at the conductivity, dielectric.
Electromagnetic wave propagation in ionospheric plasma. Resonant absorption of incident electromagnetic waves in. Ginzburg, 1970 is of great importance in laboratory and space plasmas. Quebec h3c 3j7, canada received 11 july 1990, in final form 28 january 1991 abstract. Here an electromagnetic plane wave is shown to be com. The interaction of electromagnetic waves with a plasma layer can be both beneficial and detrimental. Such waves are used in tokamak technology in order to generate currents which stabilise or heat the plasma, thus bringing it closer to the conditions needed for nuclear fusion. Electromagnetic wave propagation characteristic in a.
A comparative study on electromagnetic wave propagation in. Ginzburg, propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasma, gordon and breach. Electromagnetic waves propagation in complex matter. A comparative study on electromagnetic wave propagation in a plasma sheath based on double parabolic model. Waves in plasmas can be classified as electromagnetic or electrostatic according to. Electromagnetic energy dissipation and propagation of an ultrawideband plane wave pulse in a causally dispersive dielectric paul d.
The finitedifference timedomain fdtd method has been commonly utilized to simulate the electromagnetic em waves propagation in the plasma media. When far from the source, these fields can be described as plane waves shown schematically in figure 19. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the plasma near electron. May 11, 2016 nevertheless, the width of blackout plasma sheaths covering the flying vehicle is usually on the same order of or even shorter than the wavelength of rf waves applied. A numerical scheme is described to compute the reflection, absorption, and transmission coefficients of tem,0tem,0 and plane electromagnetic waves propagating in a nonuniform plasma slab.