Influence of the shape of the cross section of a plasma-dielectric interface on the dispersion properties of high-frequency azimuthal surface modes
- V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine)
Theoretical study of the propagation of a packet of surface electromagnetic surface waves with a zero axial wavenumber in a circular-cross-section cylindrical metal waveguide within the frequency range that is higher than upper hybrid resonance is carried out. The waveguide is partially filled by plasma and immersed into axial magnetic field. The cross section of the plasma column is assumed to differ from circular shape. The effect of this shape on the dispersion properties of azimuthal surface modes is investigated by the method of successive approximations. The fields of the waves and their eigenfrequencies are determined up to terms of the second order in the deviation of the plasma cross section shape from the ring one. The correction to the eigenfrequency of azimuthal surface modes caused by this feature of the plasma column section is proved to increase with decreasing the external magnetic field and increasing the value of the dielectric constant of the dielectric, that separates the plasma from the metal wall of the waveguide. The spectral composition of the wave packet, in the form of which these modes propagate, is studied. The amplitudes of the satellite harmonics of these modes are found to increase with increasing the plasma density and decreasing the external magnetic field.
- OSTI ID:
- 22047429
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 38, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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