Bernstein mode excitation in an inhomogeneous plasma by the coupling of two electromagnetic waves near the upper-hybrid frequency

1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 2433 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Braun ◽  
G. Leclert
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Inhomogeneous Plasma ◽  
Hybrid Frequency ◽  
Mode Excitation

Stimulated backscattering of electromagnetic ordinary waves from extraordinary waves below the upper hybrid frequency

1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behrooz Maraghechi ◽  
Joseph E. Willett
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Static Magnetic Field ◽  
Inhomogeneous Plasma ◽  
Extraordinary Wave ◽  
Threshold Power ◽  
Ordinary Wave ◽  
Homogeneous Plasma ◽  
Parametric Decay ◽  
Hybrid Frequency

The parametric decay of an intense electromagnetic ordinary wave, propagating perpendicular to a uniform static magnetic field, into an extraordinary wave and a backscattered ordinary wave is investigated. Formulae are derived for the growth rate and threshold power associated with the instability in a homogeneous plasma. An analysis of the spatial amplification of the decay waves in an inhomogeneous plasma is presented. The effects of the uniform static magnetic field on the backscattering in both homogeneous and inhomogeneous plasmas are studied numerically.

WAVE PROPAGATION IN A CYLINDRICAL WAVE GUIDE CONTAINING INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA INVOLVING A TURNING POINT

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Samaddar
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Boundary Effect ◽  
Inhomogeneous Plasma ◽  
Simple Zero ◽  
Wave Guide ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Radial Wave

Propagation of axially symmetric E-type and H-type modes of electromagnetic waves in a radially inhomogeneous plasma inside a wave guide is considered. For E-type modes conditions for the propagation of slow surface waves along the plasma–dielectric interface have been obtained. Approximate expressions for fields for wavelengths much smaller than the ratio of the gradient of the permittivity to the permittivity of the plasma are also given.It is also shown that if the dielectric constant ε(r) of the plasma vanishes along a particular surface r = r0, the electromagnetic fields for E-type modes behave singularly along this surface. In particular, if ε(r) has a simple zero at r0 ≠ 0, the radial and the longitudinal electric fields become singular as 1/ε(r0) and log ε(r0) respectively at r0. On the other hand, if ε(r) has a multiple zero at r0, the singularities of the above-mentioned fields will be as strong as a multiple pole at r0.Turning-point phenomena are also observed when the radial wave number [Formula: see text] vanishes along a surface. It is shown that the fields are oscillatory in the region [Formula: see text] and evanescent in the region [Formula: see text] for both E-type and H-type modes. The treatment of the singular behavior of the fields at ε(r) = 0, and of the turning-point phenomena at [Formula: see text], does not consider any boundary effect; therefore the results obtained here will be valid also for an inhomogeneous plasma column in free space.

Electromagnetic waves and electrostatic oscillations in an inhomogeneous plasma structure at the geomagnetic equator

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. I. Izhovkina ◽  
I. S. Prutensky ◽  
S. A. Pulinets ◽  
N. S. Erokhin ◽  
L. A. Mikhailovskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Inhomogeneous Plasma ◽  
Plasma Structure ◽  
Geomagnetic Equator
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