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Title: Nonlinear interactions of azimuthal surface waves in magnetoactive plasma filled waveguides

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OSTI ID:449475

This paper deals with the theoretical studies of nonlinear interactions of azimuthal surface waves (ASW) in cylindrical metal waveguides fully filled by a uniform magnetoactive plasma. These surface-type wave perturbations propagate in azimuthal direction across an external magnetic field, which is directed along the waveguide axis. The ASW is a relatively new kind of surface wave and so far the nonlinear effects associated with their propagation are outside the scope of scientific issues. They are characterized by a discrete set of mode numbers values which define the ASW eigenfrequencies. This fact leads to several peculiarities of ASW compared with ordinary surface-type waves. The obtained results are of significant interest for the new radiotechnical devices design. This is due to a strong nonreciprocality of ASW propagation and the possibility of the frequency control in broad limits by the plasma density and the magnetic field values variation.

OSTI ID:
449475
Report Number(s):
CONF-960634-; TRN: IM9714%%32
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1996 IEEE international conference on plasma science, Boston, MA (United States), 3-5 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of IEEE conference record -- Abstracts: 1996 IEEE international conference on plasma science; PB: 324 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English