Title :
Interaction of an air plasma layer covering a conducting surface with microwaves
Author :
Laroussi, Mounir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Due to their extremely high collision frequency (THz), atmospheric pressure plasmas interact with electromagnetic waves, in a quite different fashion than low pressure plasmas. In this paper, we study the attenuation, reflection, total scattering, and backscattering of microwaves, by a uniform, steady-state sheet of air plasma, covering a conducting surface. The effect of parameters such as the plasma number density, sheet thickness, wave frequency and polarization, will investigated.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave propagation; plasma electromagnetic wave propagation; air plasma layer; atmospheric pressure plasmas; attenuation; backscattering; conducting surface; electromagnetic waves; extremely high collision frequency; low pressure plasmas; microwaves interaction; plasma number density; reflection; sheet thickness; total scattering; uniform steady-state plasma sheet; wave frequency; wave polarization; Atmospheric waves; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Attenuation; Backscatter; Electromagnetic reflection; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3990-8
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1997.604400
