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Title: Investigation on broadband propagation characteristic of terahertz electromagnetic wave in anisotropic magnetized plasma in frequency and time domain

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905227· OSTI ID:22407945
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  1. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071 (China)
  2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Test physics and Numerical Mathematical, Beijing 100076 (China)
  3. Science and Technology on Space Physics Laboratory, Beijing 100076 (China)

In this paper, we investigate the propagation of terahertz (THz) electromagnetic wave in an anisotropic magnetized plasma by JE convolution-finite difference time domain method. The anisotropic characteristic of the plasma, which leads to right-hand circularly polarized (RCP) and right-hand circularly polarized (LCP) waves, has been taken into account. The interaction between electromagnetic waves and magnetized plasma is illustrated by reflection and transmission coefficients for both RCP and LCP THz waves. The effects of both the magnetized plasma thickness and the external magnetized field are analyzed and numerical results demonstrate that the two factors could influence the THz wave greatly. It is worthy to note that besides the reflection and transmission coefficients in the frequency domain, the waveform of the electric field in the time domain varying with thicknesses and external magnetic fields for different polarized direction has been studied.

OSTI ID:
22407945
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English