INFLUENCE OF TRANSVERSAL PLASMA-DENSITY NONUNIFORMITY AND COLLISIONS ON SURFACE-WAVE PROPAGATION

Authors
GROSSE S GEORGIEVAGROSSE M GHANASHEV I SCHLUTER M
Citation
S. Grosse et al., INFLUENCE OF TRANSVERSAL PLASMA-DENSITY NONUNIFORMITY AND COLLISIONS ON SURFACE-WAVE PROPAGATION, Journal of electromagnetic waves and applications, 11(5), 1997, pp. 609-632
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Physics, Applied","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Journal of electromagnetic waves and applications → ACNP
ISSN journal
09205071
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
609 - 632
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5071(1997)11:5<609:IOTPNA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The influence of transversal density nonuniformity on the propagation of electromagnetic surface waves along plasma slabs and columns in the presence of collisions is analysed and illustrated by numerical evalu ations for phase diagrams of axially homogeneous plasmas. Moreover, th e changes in dispersion and damping caused by the occurrence of plasma resonances in the transversal/radial density profile are studied. In addition, complex modes and backward waves in the collisionless disper sion curves of isotropic plasmas are treated.