Measurement of the properties of a plasma column used as a radiating element

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-247

  Cerri, Graziano ^a   De Leo, Roberto ^a   Mariani Primiani, Valter ^a   Russo, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dielectric parameters; Plasma antenna; Switching time

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COPPER; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; PLASMAS;

PLASMA ANTENNA; PLASMA CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 39449115372     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.909503     Document Type: Article

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