THEORY OF WAVE-PROPAGATION ALONG WAVE-GUIDE FILLED WITH PLASMA IN FINITE MAGNETIC-FIELD

Rigorous analytical theory of wave propagation along a cylindrical wav eguide filled with plasmas in a dielectric tube immersed in finite mag netic field is presented. The field components' expressions, eigenvalu es, dispersion equations and complex wave power transmission equations have been obtained rigorously and discussed in detail. It is shown an alytically that there is no disruption of the wave propagation in the ECR (omega = omega(oe)) case, although the electrical permittivities a pproach to infinite in the case, and it has been found that a real res onance takes place in this case while omega = (omega(oe)(2) + omega(pe )(2))(1/2), in which the wave propagation of any mode is broken. The e ffective collisions are taken into consideration in the theory. Based on the above theory, the analytical theory of corrugated plasma wavegu ide immersed in finite axial magnetic field is also presented. The Flo quet's expansion of field components, the dispersion equations, and th e coupling coefficients of the corrugated plasma waveguide have been d erived rigorously and discussed in detail.