物理学报Issue(19)：1-9,9.DOI:10.7498/aps.64.194202
电磁波在大面积等离子体片中传播特性的分析∗
Analysis of propagation prop erties of electromagnetic waves through large planar plasma sheets
摘要
Abstract
Large planar plasma sheets, generated by a linear hollow cathode in pulse discharge mode under magnetic con-finement, can be used in the field of plasma antenna, plasma stealth, and simulation of a plasma layer surrounding vehicles traveling at hypersonic velocities within the Earth’s atmosphere. Firstly, to investigate the propagation prop-erties of electromagnetic waves at different frequencies and polarization, the transverse field transfer matrix method is introduced. Secondly, the measured electron density temporal and spatial distribution and the transverse field transfer matrix method are utilized to calculate the reflection, transmission and absorption of electromagnetic waves by large planar plasma sheets with different currents. Finally, 1 GHz (less than the critical cut-off frequency) electromagnetic waves and 4 GHz (greater than the critical frequency) electromagnetic waves are chosen to investigate the evolution of propagation properties during the pulsed discharge period. Results show that both the reflection and absorption of the electromagnetic waves are greater for their polarization direction parallel to that of magnetic field, and their frequencies lower than the critical cut-off frequency, and as the discharge currents rise, the reflection increases while the absorption decreases. However both the reflection and absorption of the electromagnetic waves with their polarization direction perpendicular to the magnetic field direction and their frequency greater than the critical cut-off frequency become less, and as the discharge currents rise, both the reflection and absorption will increase. For the electromagnetic waves with their polarization direction perpendicular to the magnetic field direction, there is an upper hybrid resonance absorption band near the upper hybrid resonance frequencies, in which the absorption is significant but the absorption peak value is not affected by the discharge current. The propagation characteristics of the electromagnetic waves with polariza-tion direction perpendicular to the magnetic field direction are the same as that of the electromagnetic waves with the polarization direction parallel to the magnetic field direction, except the upper hybrid resonance absorption. During the pulse discharge period, the propagation characteristic of the electromagnetic waves experiences an unstable phase before reaching steady states. The transition time is about 100 µs and increases as the discharge current rises. The upper hybrid resonance absorption is significant during the phase of steady state for waves with frequency lower than the critical cut-off frequency and polarization direction parallel to the magnetic field direction. For the applications of a large planar plasma sheet to reflect electromagnetic waves effectively and steadily, the pulse discharge period should be larger than 100 µs, and its discharge current should be large enough to make the critical cut-off frequency greater than the frequency of incident wave, and its polarization direction should be parallel to the magnetic field direction.关键词
线形空心阴极/磁化等离子体片/电子密度分布/横向场传播矩阵法Key words
linear hollow cathode/magnetized plasma sheet/electron density distribution/transverse field transfer matrix method引用本文复制引用
夏俊明,徐跃民,孙越强,霍文青,孙海龙,白伟华,柳聪亮,孟祥广..电磁波在大面积等离子体片中传播特性的分析∗[J].物理学报,2015,(19):1-9,9.基金项目
国家自然科学基金(批准号:41405039,41405040)资助的课题.@@@@* Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41405039,41405040) （批准号:41405039,41405040）
