2005年12月
Interaction and control of millimetre-waves with microplasma arrays
PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
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- 47
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- 開始ページ
- B617
- 終了ページ
- B627
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S45
- 出版者・発行元
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in several types of microplasmas has been examined experimentally in a frequency range 10-75 GHz. Firstly, the fundamental characteristics of the propagation were investigated using a planar geometry of microplasma assembly, and the electron density was derived by a comparison of the transmittance with the theoretical analyses using a Drude type model with collisional effects. Secondly, an extraordinary propagation phenomenon such as the focusing effect was observed in a two-dimensional periodical microplasma array. This kind of anomalous refraction cannot be interpreted only by predictions based on the dielectric property of bulk plasma, and it is suggested that a photonic-crystal-like periodical dielectric structure may play a significant role. Thirdly, it was demonstrated that the T-junction formed by a microplasma connected to a microstrip line can control the transmission of microwaves. An attenuation (or modulation) depth of about 35% was obtained with a series of two T -junctions connected to the strip line at the right-angled corners. All the above features come from (a) the relatively high electron density of the microplasmas near 10(13) cm(-3), (b) the complex dispersion relation with collisional effects and (c) the spatial arrangement with a characteristic scale of the same order of the wavelength of microwaves.
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- DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S45
- ISSN : 0741-3335
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000234420700047