Large-amplitude circularly polarized electromagnetic waves in magnetized plasma

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 054501 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Y. Vasko ◽  
A. V. Artemyev ◽  
L. M. Zelenyi
Keyword(s):  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Magnetized Plasma ◽  
Circularly Polarized

Double passage of electromagnetic waves through magnetized plasma: approximation of independent normal waves

Open Physics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury Kravtsov ◽  
Bohdan Bieg
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Wave ◽  
Characteristic Feature ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Polarization State ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Practical Interest ◽  
Magnetized Plasma ◽  
Fast Wave ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Normal Waves

AbstractPolarization properties of electromagnetic waves, double-passed through magnetized plasma, are studied. Analyses are performed in the case of non-interacting normal modes, propagating in homogeneous and weakly inhomogeneous plasmas, and for three kinds of reflectors: metallic plane, 2D corner retro-reflector (2D-CR), and cubic corner retro-reflector (CCR). It is shown that an electromagnetic wave, reflected from a metallic plane and from a CCR, contains only “velocity-preserving” channels, whose phases are doubled in comparison with those of a single-passage propagation. At the same time, an electromagnetic wave reflected from a 2D-CR is shown to contain both “velocity-preserving” and “velocity-converting” channels, the latter converting the fast wave into the slow one and vice-versa. One characteristic feature of “velocity-converting” channels is that they reproduce the initial polarization state near the source, which might be of practical interest for plasma interferometry. In the case of circularly polarized modes, “velocity-preserving” channels completely disappear, and only “velocity-converting” channels are to be found.

Acceleration of charged particles by large-amplitude electromagnetic waves

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Kuo ◽  
M. C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Lorentz Force ◽  
Analytical Solutions ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Charged Particles ◽  
Wave Fields ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Exact Analytical Solutions ◽  
Fundamental Process ◽  
Low Energies

The fundamental process of acceleration of charged particles by large-amplitude electromagnetic waves is investigated. Exact analytical solutions can be derived from the nonlinear equations that govern the motion of charged particles in wave fields. It is found that circularly polarized electromagnetic waves can act on the charged particles via α d.c. Lorentz force imposed by the wave fields. This process can effectively energize charged particles that may initially have low energies.

scholarly journals Numerical study of upper hybrid to <i>Z</i>-mode leakage during electromagnetic pumping of groups of striations in the ionosphere

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 1019-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Eliasson ◽  
T. B. Leyser
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Ionospheric Plasma ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Lower Hybrid ◽  
Loss Mechanism ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Mode Wave

Abstract. We investigate numerically the interaction between ionospheric magnetic field-aligned density striations and a left-hand circularly polarized (L)-mode wave. The L-mode wave is scattered into upper hybrid (UH) waves which are partially trapped in the striations, but leak energy to electromagnetic waves in the Z-mode branch. For small-amplitude (1 %) striations, this loss mechanism leads to a significant reduction in amplitude of the UH waves. For several striations organized in a lattice, the leaking of Z-mode waves is compensated by influx of Z-mode radiation from neighboring striations, leading to an increased amplitude of the weakly trapped UH waves. For large-amplitude (10 %) striations the trapped UH waves rapidly increase in amplitude far beyond the threshold for parametric instabilities, and the Z-mode leakage is less important. The results have relevance for the growth of striations and the onset of UH and lower hybrid turbulence during electromagnetic high-frequency pumping of ionospheric plasma, which require large-amplitude UH waves.

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