Collision effects on propagation characteristics of electromagnetic waves in a sub-wavelength plasma slab of partially ionized dense plasmas

Intensive collisions between electrons and neutral particles in partially ionized plasmas generated in atmospheric/sub-atmospheric pressure environments can sufficiently affect the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic waves, particularly in the sub-wavelength regime. To investigate the collisional effect in such plasmas, we introduce a simplified plasma slab model with a thickness on the order of the wavelength of the incident electromagnetic wave. The scattering matrix method （SMM） is applied to solve the wave equation in the plasma slab with significant nonuniformity. Results show that the collisions between the electrons and the neutral particles, as well as the incident angle and the plasma thickness, can disturb the transmission and reduce reflection significantly.

Study of plasma-based stable and ultrawideband electromagnetic wave absorption for stealth application

A plasma-based stable,ultra-wideband electromagnetic（EM） wave absorber structure is studied in this paper for stealth applications.The stability is maintained by a multi-layer structure with several plasma layers and dielectric layers distributed alternately.The plasma in each plasma layer is designed to be uniform,whereas it has a discrete nonuniform distribution from the overall view of the structure.The nonuniform distribution of the plasma is the key to obtaining ultra-wideband wave absorption.A discrete Epstein distribution model is put forward to constrain the nonuniform electron density of the plasma layers,by which the wave absorption range is extended to the ultra-wideband.Then,the scattering matrix method（SMM） is employed to analyze the electromagnetic reflection and absorption of the absorber structure.In the simulation,the validation of the proposed structure and model in ultra-wideband EM wave absorption is first illustrated by comparing the nonuniform plasma model with the uniform case.Then,the influence of various parameters on the EM wave reflection of the plasma are simulated and analyzed in detail,verifying the EM wave absorption performance of the absorber.The proposed structure and model are expected to be superior in some realistic applications,such as supersonic aircraft.

双层频率选择表面电磁特性数值模拟研究

给出了一种分析有介质加载的不同栅格外形双层频率选择表面电磁特性的数值模拟方法。介质分离区内前向波和反向波分别关于相应的频率选择表面是周期的 ,确定了矢量传输及衰减模的表述形式。应用电磁场边界条件获得不同Floquet模系数的矩阵表达式 ,推导出一组耦合的积分方程 ,利用矩量法求解得到结构的电磁散射特性。模拟结果表明 ,由于层间介质内电磁场衰减模的耦合 ,双层FSS结构的电磁传输特性较单层有很大的改善。

一种旋转对称涂覆导体电磁散射高效分析方法

为改善传统方法分析旋转对称涂覆导体电磁散射问题的效率,提出了一种高效分析方法.该方法在介质表面建立电磁流混合场积分方程(Electric and Magnetic Current Combined Field Integral Equation,JMCFIE),在导体表面建立混合场积分方程(Combined Field Integral Equation,CFIE),利用了旋转对称体在空间上的旋转周期性,只需要对表面的母线进行剖分,具有未知量少且阻抗矩阵条件数好的特点.根据等效原理与边界条件推导了JMCFIE-CFIE方程,并与传统的PMCHW-CFIE方法对比了求解效率.数值算例表明该方法能明显改善方程的收敛性.

太赫兹波在飞行器等离子体鞘套中的传输特性

针对临近空间飞行器的黑障问题,根据模拟的RAM C-Ⅲ飞行器周围的流场分布结果,计算了等离子体电子密度和碰撞频率,并根据其分布建立了非均匀的等离子体模型。在此基础上,利用散射矩阵方法分析了太赫兹波在等离子体中的传输特性随着等离子体密度、等离子体厚度、等离子体碰撞频率的变化以及外加磁场对传输特性的影响。结果表明,太赫兹波的传输损耗随着等离子体电子密度和等离子体厚度的增加而增加,而碰撞频率的增加会使得透射率先减小后增加。在外加磁场的作用下,左旋太赫兹波的传输特性会得到改善;而对于右旋太赫兹波,磁场的施加会引入吸收峰,并且随着磁感应强度的增加向高频方向移动。

A sweeping preconditioner for Yee＇s finite difference approximation of time-harmonic Maxwell＇s equations

This paper is concerned with the fast iterative solution of linear systems arising from finite difference discretizations in electromagnetics. The sweeping preconditioner with moving perfectly matched layers previously developed for the Helmholtz equation is adapted for the popular Yee grid scheme for wave propagation in inhomogeneous, anisotropic media. Preliminary numerical results are presented for typical examples.