Measurement of the Properties of a Plasma Column Used as a Radiating Element

Author

Cerri, G. ; De Leo, R. ; Primiani, V. Mariani ; Russo, P.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettromagnetismo e Bioingegneria, Univ. Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona

fYear

2006

fDate

24-27 April 2006

Firstpage

483

Lastpage

486

Abstract

The paper presents a test bench for the characterisation of plasma column used as radiating elements. In particular, the main parameters to be quantify are the efficiency of the plasma antenna, the turn-on time of the column and the conductivity of the plasma. The first two parameters are evaluated by measuring the field radiated by the plasma antenna compared to that radiated by an equivalent copper antenna. For the conductivity, a reflectometric technique is used inserting the plasma column inside a waveguide

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antennas in plasma; copper antenna; dielectric parameters; plasma antenna; plasma column; plasma conductivity; radiating element; reflectometric technique; switching time; waveguides; Antenna radiation patterns; Conductivity; Copper; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Radio frequency; Testing; dielectric parameters; plasma antenna; switching time;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Sorrento

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9359-7

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2006.328546

Filename

4124372