• DocumentCode
    982779
  • Title

    RF Reflectance of Plasma Sheaths

  • Author

    Taylor, Leonard S.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Space Sciences Lab., Valley Forge, Pa.
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1961
  • Firstpage
    1831
  • Lastpage
    1836
  • Abstract
    The wave equation for the propagation of a TE wave in a plane stratified plasma sheath is solved by the method of series, and an expression for the reflection coefficient is abstracted. In special cases the series may be identified with certain known functions, and simple formulas for the reflectance are obtained. In general, however, the reflection coefficient appears as the ratio of complex infinite series.
  • Keywords
    Electromagnetic reflection; Ionization; Optical reflection; Partial differential equations; Plasma density; Plasma sheaths; Plasma waves; Radio frequency; Reflectivity; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1961.287710
  • Filename
    4066330