DocumentCode
1074994
Title
Resonant Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves in Multilayer Dense-Plasma Structures
Author
Sternberg, Natalia ; Smolyakov, Andrei I.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Clark Univ., Worcester, MA
Volume
37
Issue
7
fYear
2009
fDate
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1251
Lastpage
1260
Abstract
An analysis of electromagnetic-wave propagation in dense plasmas when the wave frequency is below the cutoff frequency is presented. Under such conditions, the wave amplitude is usually exponentially attenuated due to collisionless skin effect. It is shown that combining multiple plasma layers of various densities induces a surface-wave resonance, which greatly enhances electromagnetic-wave transmission. Absolute transmission can be achieved even for plasma thickness of many skin depths. Resonant conditions are investigated analytically and numerically.
Keywords
plasma density; plasma electromagnetic wave propagation; surface electromagnetic waves; collisionless skin effect; electromagnetic-wave propagation; electromagnetic-wave transmission; multilayer dense-plasma structures; surface-wave resonance; Electromagnetic-wave transmission; evanescent wave; skin effect; surface-wave resonance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2009.2020399
Filename
5075566
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