ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM AN ARBITRARY SLOT ON A CONDUCTING CYLINDER COATED WITH A UNIFORM COLD PLASMA SHEATH WITH AN AXIAL STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD

The expressions for the radiated fields of an arbitrary slot on a conducting cylinder coated with a cold plasma sheath with an axial static magnetic field are obtained. It is well known from the plane-wave analysis that the presence of a static magnetic field has a considerable effect on the transmission characteristics of the signal through the plasma sheath. The principal concern of this paper is to consider the effects of a static magnetic field on the radiation pattern of a plasma-coated slot antenna. Extensive numerical computations are carried out for the special case of an infinite axial slot. It is found that, if the plasma frequency is moderate, a small axial static magnetic field could change significantly the radiation patterns of the slotted antenna. Furthermore, owing to the anisotropy of the plasma medium, the radiation patterns are asymmetric.