Accession Number:

AD0725074

Title:

Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in a Simplified Non-Linear Gas,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AVCO SYSTEMS DIV WILMINGTON MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Fante,Ronald L.

Report Date:

1971-05-15

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

Solutions are obtained for the electromagnetic field propagating in a gas in which the electron density and electric field strength are interdependent. The solutions are specialized to study the reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves by a non-linear gaseous slab. For a given slab thickness one finds that no matter how large one makes the incident power, the transmitted power cannot exceed finite limiting value, which can be calculated from theory. Author

Descriptors:

• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• *ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• GAS IONIZATION
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• INTEGRALS
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
• COHERENT RADIATION
• MICROWAVES

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE