FDTD analysis of a magneto-plasma antenna with uniform or nonuniform distribution

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 175-178

  Li, Xue Shi ^a   Hu, Bin Jie ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Magnetized plasma antenna; Radiation characteristics

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL PLASMAS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FDTD ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; INPUT IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PIECEWISE LINEAR RECURSIVE CONVOLUTION; PLASMA ANTENNA; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIATION GAIN; RADIATION PATTERNS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950624128     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2010.2044971     Document Type: Article

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