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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11460-009-0030-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Absorption of electromagnetic wave by inhomogeneous, unmagnetized plasma

  • Ming YAN , 1 ,
  • Gang LEI 1 ,
  • Xiwei HU 1 ,
  • Keran SHAO 2
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  • 1. National Key Laboratory for Vessel Integrated Power System Technology, Navy University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China
  • 2. College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Published date: 05 Jun 2009

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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Abstract

In this article, a novel and normalized Z-transform finite-difference time-domain (ZTFDTD) method is presented. This method uses a more general form of Maxwell’s equations using the BoldItalic, BoldItalic, BoldItalic fields. The iterative model of BoldItalic-BoldItalic-BoldItalic-BoldItalic can be obtained by using the Z-transform resulted frequency-dependent formula between BoldItalic and BoldItalic. The advantages of the ZTFDTD consist in that the discrete equations are simple, the results are precise, easy to program and capable of dealing with the key technologies of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), such as absorbing boundary conditions (uniaxial anisotropic perfectly matched layer, UPML) and near-to-far-field transformation. The ZTFDTD method is then used to simulate the interaction of electromagnetic wave with plasma. Using a simplified two-dimensional model, the stealth effect of inhomogeneous, unmagnetized plasma is studied both in different electron densities of plasma, different electromagnetic wave frequencies and different plasma collision frequencies. The numerical results indicate that plasma stealth is effective in theory and a reasonable selection with the plasma parameters that can greatly enhance the effectiveness of plasma stealth.

Key words： finite-difference time-domain (FDTD); Z-transform; anisotropic perfectly matched layer; plasma stealth; radar cross section (RCS)

Cite this article

Ming YAN , Gang LEI , Xiwei HU , Keran SHAO . Absorption of electromagnetic wave by inhomogeneous, unmagnetized plasma[J]. Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2009 , 4(2) : 210 -213 . DOI: 10.1007/s11460-009-0030-1

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Key Research Plan of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 90405004) and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program (SRFDP) (No. 20060487041).

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