Bragg Effects in Microwave Transmission through Stationary Plasma Structures

We describe the first of a series of experiments designed to study, in a double-plasma (DP) device (3-cm) microwave Bragg scattering from stationary plasma structures, and from systems of plasma waves and "irregularities." This paper deals with Bragg effects in microwave transmission through stationary plasma density structures, consisting of a) a cylindrical plasma column, b) a single plasma slab, and c) a rotatable system of multiple equally spaced plasma slabs.