Microwave method for the measurement of the relative phase and relative amplitude of the variations of the electron density and collision frequency in a plasma

A microwave diagnostic method is developed to study the amplitude variations of electron density and collision frequency and the phase difference between these two variables in a weakly-ionized gaseous plasma. The method is utilized to study the perturbations of a nitrogen positive column through which an acoustic wave is propagating.     

Impact of nonlinear absorption on propagation of microwave in a plasma filled rectangular waveguide

In collisional and ponderomotive predominant regimes, the propagation of microwave in rectangular waveguide filled with collisional plasma is investigated numerically. The dominant mode is excited through an evacuated waveguide and then enters a similar and co-axis waveguide filled with plasma. In collisional predominant regime, the amplitude of electric field is oscillated along propagation path; outset of propagation path due to the electron-ion collision, the intensity oscillations are reduced. Afterward, under competition between the collisional nonlinearity and absorption, the intensity is increased, so the electron density peak is created in middle of waveguide. In ponderomotive predominant regime, the intensity is slowly decreased due to collision, so the electron density is ramped. Control parameters, like the frequency, input power, collision frequency, and background electron density are surveyed that can be used to control propagation characteristics of microwave. This method can be used to control heating of fusion plasma and accelerate charged particle.     

Attenuation characteristics of obliquely incident electromagnetic wave in weakly ionized dusty plasma based on modified Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook collision model

The attenuation characteristics of obliquely incident electromagnetic(EM) wave in L-Ka frequency band in weakly ionized dusty plasma are analyzed based on the modified Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook(BGK) collision model.According to the kinetic equation and the charging theory,the total complex dielectric constant of the weakly ionized dusty plasma is derived by considering that the minimum velocity of the electron accessible to the dust particle surface is non-zero and the second potential part of the collision cross-section contributes to the charging.The attenuation characteristics within the modified model are compared with those within the traditional model.The influence of the dusty plasma parameters and the incident angle of EM waves on the attenuation in weakly ionized dusty plasma is further analyzed.Finally,the influence of different reentry heights on the attenuation characteristics of the obliquely incident EM wave is discussed.The results show that the effect of the minimum electron velocity and the second term of the collision cross-section on the attenuation characteristics of EM waves cannot be ignored.When the dust density and dust radius are changed,the trends of the attenuation of obliquely incident EM waves are consistent,but the influence of dust density is weaker than that of dust radius due to the constraint of orbit-limited motion(OLM) theory.The plasma thickness,electron density,and incident angle are proportional to the attenuation amplitude of EM waves.The effect of different reentry heights on the attenuation obliquely incident EM waves is related to the electron density and plasma thickness.     

Enhanced Beat Wave Saturation Amplitude in an Ionizing Plasma

The excitation of a plasma wave by two laser beams, whose frequency difference is near the plasma frequency, is studied in a plasma with a density that is slowly increasing with time due to ongoing ionization as appropriate for experiments done in laser breakdown plasmas. Numerical integration of the relativistic equation for the evolution of the wave amplitude reveals that for a rate of increase of the plasma density of approximately 1017 cm-3/ns at a laser intensity I = 1014 W/cm2, the wave amplitude can rise considerably above the relativistic saturation limit of Rosenbluth and Liu which was obtained for a plasma of constant density. This increase in plasma density compensates the reduction in plasma frequency caused by the relativistic electron mass increase when the wave amplitude is large. The frequency and phase excursions of the plasma wave are reduced for an optimum time increasing density. We find that moderate damping can stabilize both the amplitude and the phase of the plasma wave with respect to the pump.     

Attenuation properties of EM wave by magnetized nonuniform plasma slab coated on perfect conductor plane

The total amplitude reflection coefficient of EM wave in a nonuniform plasma slab coated on perfect conductor plane is newly derived by using the scattering matrix method (SMM), and the attenuation is calculated. Three types of plasma electron density profile, that is the hyperbolic, sinusoidal, and linear profiles, are used. The external magnetic field and plasma parameters such as the maximum electron density and collision frequencies are discussed to calculate the attenuation of EM wave. The calculation results show that the plasma electron density profile and maximum electron density exert a large effect to the attenuation of EM wave and the attenuation under the uniform external magnetic field is taken place by the electron cyclotron resonance absorption, the up hybrid resonance absorption and geometric resonances absorption.     

电磁波在时变磁化等离子体信道中通信性能的实验研究

本文首先利用5.8 GHz微波实际测量了辉光放电等离子体源电子密度和碰撞频率随时间的变化规律. 然后搭建实验平台, 测试了多种通信调制体制的信号经过该等离子体源后的误码率, 实验发现BPSK调制方式的信号在该时间变化的等离子体信道中通信误码率最小. 最后加入磁场, 实验测试了L波段(1.5 GHz) BPSK调制信号和S波段(2.5 GHz) QPSK信号在该磁化等离子体中的衰减、相移以及眼图和星座图的变化, 通过与非磁化情况下对比发现, 加入磁场后, 信道的通信性能有所改善, 误码率显著降低, 可以有效地缓解时变等离子体引起的幅度和相位上的寄生调制效应.     

信号在时变等离子体中的传播特性

高速飞行器等离子鞘套由于飞行姿态调整、湍流、非均匀烧蚀等因素的影响,使其等离子体参数存在时变特性,针对这种传输介质的快速时变特性引起的电波幅度、相位上的寄生调制效应,本文利用大面积辉光放电等离子体产生装置,搭建了等离子体中信号传输实验系统,进行了S频段的单频信号与调制信号传输实验,观测验证了调制效应的存在,且其调制频率与等离子体变化频率具有一致性,进一步分析了等离子参数与寄生调制效应的关系,理论和实验结果表明:即使当载波频率大于等离子频率时,时变等离子引起的寄生调制效应也会使传输信号的星座图发生旋转,造成其判决容差裕度变小,通信可靠性下降,并且载波频率越接近等离子频率时,其寄生调制效应越强烈。     

亚密度冷等离子体的低功率激光吸收特性分析

当电子密度远低于入射小功率激光所对应的临界密度时,冷等离子体对激光的吸收特性与高密度热等离子体将有很大的差别。在亚密度冷等离子体中,电子与中性粒子间的碰撞将占主导地位,对应的频率远大于电子-离子碰撞频率,这使得碰撞吸收本质发生了变化。亚密度等离子体的电子密度和碰撞频率均较小,它在单位长度传输路径内对常用的工作在可见光、红外波段内的小功率激光的碰撞吸收可以忽略不计。但是对于非正常吸收机制的影响尚需深入研究。     

Propagation in a warm collisional magnetoplasma enclosed in aconducting cylinder

A study is presented of the propagation of electron plasma waves in a warm collisional plasma filling a conducting cylinder and magnetized strongly in the axial direction, the plasma parameters being taken to be such that the electron-ion collision is the dominant damping process. The attenuation and phase constants are derived in suitably normalized form by using the electrodynamic method. The dispersion and attenuation characteristics for propagation in the lowest order mode in a hydrogen plasma are obtained for various values of the normalized plasma radius αω_pe/c, the electron temperature and electron density being held constant, and the characteristics are compared with those given by the usual quasi-static approximation, which is found to be valid only if αω_pe /c≲1, where α is the plasma radius, ω _pe is the plasma frequency, and c is the velocity of light in free space. The effect of the plasma frequency on the characteristics is investigated     

电磁波在径向非均匀球对称等离子体中的衰减

提出了一种计算任意入射角的电磁波在径向非均匀球对称等离子体中的传播和吸收的模型.在此模型中，把非均匀等离子体球分成若干个同心等离子体球壳，并且假定每一个同心壳层内等离子体密度均匀分布.采用几何光学近似方法，考虑相位系数和衰减系数的矢量性，分别研究了几种典型的非均匀密度分布形式的等离子体在不同碰撞频率、中心等离子体密度和电磁波入射角条件下对入射电磁波的传播和衰减特性，获得了一些有意义的结果. 关键词： 电磁波 碰撞频率 等离子体球 能量衰减     

Plasma-based accelerator diagnostics based upon longitudinalinterferometry with ultrashort optical pulses

All-optical ultrafast time-resolved plasma diagnostics of plasma-based accelerators (PBA's) are described, with emphasis on the laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA). Specifically, the diagnostic techniques involve replacing the trailing particle bunch in the LWFA with a trailing photon bunch: a weak ultrashort laser pulse. Since this photon pulse is derived directly from the intense pump pulse, practical difficulties such as synchronization and dephasing are eliminated. The interaction of the photon bunch with the plasma wake is essentially a simple time-domain shift in optical phase, which can produce both “DC” phase shifts and frequency blue/red-shifting of the probe pulse spectrum. These phase/frequency shifts are recorded in frequency domain interferograms, which are formally equivalent to time-domain holograms. Experimental results of longitudinal plasma density profiling are presented in which plasma density oscillations (Langmuir waves) in the wake of an intense (I_peak~3×10 ¹⁷ W/cm²) laser pulse (~100 fs) were measured with ultrafast time resolution. Phase shifts consistent with large amplitude (~80%) density oscillations at the electron plasma frequency were observed in a fully tunnel-ionized He plasma, corresponding to longitudinal electric fields of ~10 GV/m. Strong radial ponderomotive forces enhance the density oscillations. Finally, proposed single-shot schemes for simultaneous transverse and longitudinal profiling are discussed     

进气道内衬筒形等离子体隐身性能三维模拟

针对飞机进气道等离子体隐身问题,建立了三维筒形进气道模型,采用有限元求解波动方程,计算了腔体内壁覆盖均匀等离子体时的雷达散射截面。研究表明:腔体内覆盖等离子体时可以有效吸收入射电磁波能量;吸收随电磁波频率增加而减弱,但由于腔体结构作用,会存在几个吸收峰;吸收随电子数密度增加而增强,但电子数密度过高时,吸收效果会变差;最佳碰撞频率虽然与电磁波频率和电子数密度有关,但其值可约为9GHz;吸收随等离子体厚度增加而变大,但在较大电子数密度时,由于电磁波在等离子体与空气交界面处反射导致厚度增加,从而使得吸收变小;选取合适的入射角度和等离子体数密度可以在1~3GHz频段实现明显的隐身效果。     

Terahertz radiation generation by beating of two chirped laser pulses in a warm collisional magnetized plasma

Analytical equations of terahertz(THz) radiation generation based on beating of two laser beams in a warm collisional magnetized plasma with a ripple density profile are developed. In this regard, the effects of frequency chirp on the field amplitude of the terahertz radiation as well as the temperature and collision parameters are investigated. The ponderomotive force is generated in the frequency chirp of beams. Resonant excitation depends on tuning of the plasma beat frequency,magnetic field frequency, thermal velocity, collisional frequency, and effect of the frequency chirp with the plasma density.For optimum parameters of frequency and temperature the maximum THz amplitude is obtained.     

S—Ka频段电磁波在等离子体中传输特性的实验研究

在感应耦合等离子体风洞上开展了等离子体中电磁波传输特性实验研究,获得了不同频率电磁波在等离子体中的传输衰减.通过微波诊断技术,获得了等离子体射流的电子数密度和碰撞频率.通过矢量网络分析仪和标准增益天线组成的电磁波传输特性测试系统,获得了电磁波经过等离子体之后的衰减,研究了电子数密度范围7.0×10~(10)-1.0×10~(13)cm~(-3)、等离子体碰撞频率在109 Hz量级的等离子体对2.6—40 GHz不同频率电磁波传输特性的影响,分析了经典传输理论和薄层理论预测结果与实验结果的差异.该实验工作为等离子体中电磁波传输特性的理论研究和数值仿真提供了基础数据.     

Effects of relativistic and ponderomotive nonlinearities on the interaction of high-power laser beam with an inhomogeneous warm plasma

The influence of relativistic-ponderomotive nonlinearities and the plasma inhomogeneity on the nonlinear interaction between a high-power laser beam and a warm underdense plasma are studied. It is clear that the relativistic ponderomotive force and the electron temperature modify the electron density distribution and consequently change the dielectric permittivity of the plasma. Therefore, by presenting the modified electron density and the nonlinear dielectric permittivity of the warm plasma, the electromagnetic wave equation for the propagation of intense laser beam through the plasma is derived. This nonlinear equation is numerically solved and the distributions of electromagnetic fields in the plasma, the variations of electron density, and plasma refractive index are investigated for two different background electron density profiles. The results show that the amplitude of the electric field and electron density oscillations gradually increase and decrease, during propagation in the inhomogeneous warm plasma with linear and exponential density profiles, respectively, and the distribution of electron density becomes extremely sharp in the presence of intense laser beam. It is also indicated that the electron temperature and initial electron density have an impact on the propagation of the laser beam in the plasma and change the plasma refractive index and the oscillations' amplitude and frequency. The obtained results indicate the importance of a proper choice of laser and plasma parameters on the electromagnetic field distributions, density steepening, and plasma refractive index variations in the interaction of an intense laser beam with an inhomogeneous warm plasma.     

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。     

非磁化等离子体中的电子碰撞频率

电子碰撞频率是非磁化等离子体的一个重要参数,它对等离子体与电磁波相互作用的性质具有较大影响。基于产生等离子体的气压条件不同,其电子碰撞频率具有较大变化范围。研究了它对非磁化等离子体吸波能力的影响,得出了当电子碰撞频率与等离子体频率和入射波频率相当时,等离子体对电磁波具有较大吸收的结论,给出了对应于最大吸收的最佳碰撞频率值。分析了通过选择放电气体来调整等离子体的电子碰撞频率。     

热电子等离子体低频不稳定性的非线性理论

本文分析了热电子等离子体中低频漂移不稳定性和交换不稳定性的非线性性质,导出了扰动幅度随时间变化的非线性耦合方程,得到了等离子体密度扰动的饱和幅度,讨论了热电子成分对饱和幅度的影响。漂移波引起的等离子体密度扰动相对幅度约20％,交换模引起的等离子体密度相对扰动幅度约5％。当热电子成分达到线性稳定条件所要求的阈值时,漂移波和交换模的饱和幅度降为零。 关键词：     

Study of the terahertz wave propagate in high temperature plasma band gap

In this paper, the phenomenon of band gap transmission in high temperature plasma is studied. Cold plasma has high pass property, so the low-frequency electromagnetic wave cannot penetrate plasma and propagate in it. Simulation results show that in high temperature plasma, a transmission peak will be produced in the low frequency band where the band gap is supposed to occur due to the influence of the external magnetic field and the electron temperature. Through the study of the frequency and the amplitude of the transmission peak, it is found that the frequency of the peak is related to the collision frequency and the magnetic field, and the amplitude of the peak is related to the electron temperature and the thickness of the plasma slab. The calculation formula of peak frequency is obtained by fitting the obtained data. The fitting formula is validated by the analytic solution, and the results show that the two methods are in good agreement.     

圆柱形等离子体对微波散射的数值模拟与实验研究

模拟和实验研究了非均匀圆柱形等离子体及阵列对微波的散射作用。利用有限时域差分(FDTD)方法仿真得到了等离子体柱的密度、碰撞频率对微波传播系数的影响,并利用低气压放电产生的等离子体柱对微波的吸收和散射作用进行了验证。结果表明:电子密度中心高、周围低的非均匀等离子体柱可将微波散射至两个侧向;等离子体频率越大,散射的微波功率越强;增加碰撞频率使等离子体柱的微波散射功率减小、吸收增大。等离子体必须具有合适的密度,才能对微波反射产生较大影响。