Il Nuovo Cimento D

, Volume 18, Issue 8, pp 915–918 | Cite as

Change of EM-wave polarization in a plasma with uniform magnetic shear

  • S. E. Segre
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Summary

An explicit analytical solution is found for the change of polarization of an electromagnetic wave propagating in a plasma having uniformly sheared magnetic field, a constant field intensity and a constant plasma density. The polarisation transfer matrix is also found.

PACS

52.35.Hr Electromagnetic waves (e.g., electron-cyclotron, Whistler, Bernstein, upper hybrid, lower hybrid) 

PACS

42.20.Ji Scattering, diffraction, dispersion and polarization 

PACS

52.70.Kz Optical (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) measurements 
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© Società Italiana di Fisica 1996

Authors and Affiliations

  • S. E. Segre
    • 1
  1. 1.Centro Ricerche Energia FrascatiAssociazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla FusioneFrascati (Roma)Italy

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