RCS analysis of disk target covered with non-uniform plasma

This paper presents a model of RCS characteristic of non-uniform plasma sheltering disk target, by considering the absorption and refraction of electromagnetic wave, and combining graphic electromagnetic and ray tracking methods. The results show that: (1) RCS is reduced more than 10dB at wide-band frequency of electromagnetic wave, when the incident direction of electromagnetic wave is near the vertical surface. (2)For optimization of RCS reduction scheme, it is effective to optimize the relation between the plasma parameters (including electronic density, collision frequency, over-dense target scale) and incident wavelength. When the area of over-dense surface was larger than the target scale, the larger the collision frequency could lead to greater RCS reduction. When the area of over-dense scale was smaller than target, the RCS reduction has to be achieved by increasing electronic density and collision frequency.