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Calculation of the Effect on the Reflection of the Plane Electromagnetic Wave for Non-Magnetized Plasma with Different Electron Density Distributions

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In this paper, shift operator finite-difference time-domain (SO-FDTD) method is applied for the calculation of the dispersive medium. The high efficiency and accuracy of this method is verified by calculating the reflection of the plane electromagnetic wave impinging on a non-magnetized plasma slab with different electron density distributions. The results show that the average electron density only determines overall trends of the reflection, and different distributions affect the oscillating process of the reflection. If the average electron density maintains the same, the distribution of electron density with homogenous or inhomogeneous alternation will sharply take effects on the reflection. And magnitude of alternation of electron density affects the incident frequency directly when the reflection tends to uniform.

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This work is partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract number 60431010, and National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China under contract number 60325103.

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  1. Department of Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, People’s Republic of China

    Hongwei Yang & Wanchun Tang

  2. Department of Physics, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People’s Republic of China

    Hongwei Yang & Xiangkun Kong

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Yang, H., Tang, W. & Kong, X. Calculation of the Effect on the Reflection of the Plane Electromagnetic Wave for Non-Magnetized Plasma with Different Electron Density Distributions. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 28, 547–556 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-007-9226-8

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