Isometric embeddings of finite fields

By regarding a finite field as a vector space over the prime field with a basis consisting of powers of an element, a Hamming distance is defined on the finite field with respect to the power basis. We consider the existence of isometric homomorphisms between such finite fields, and characterize the isometric embeddings for even characteristic by arithmetical conditions. Moreover, a canonical Hamming metric is defined in a certain infinite dimensional algebraic extension of a finite field.