Azimuthal surface waves in circular metal waveguides entirely filled by two layers of plasma in axial static magnetic field

Igor Girka, Roberto Bilato, Wouter Tierens

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Abstract

The dispersion properties of surface-type electromagnetic waves propagating along azimuthal angles in circular metal waveguides entirely filled by two layers of plasma in an axial static magnetic field are studied. The three-component structure models plasma radial inhomogeneity and generalizes two research which was two researches which were accomplished earlier. One is a circular metal waveguide entirely filled by cold plasma in an axial static magnetic field. The other is a coaxial metal waveguide entirely filled by plasma. Introducing the additional interface between the plasma column and coaxial plasma layer causes arising of the additional root of the dispersion relation which can be of interest for practical applications. The disappearance of additional wave branches with decreasing the difference in the plasma particle densities is carefully investigated. The wave dispersion properties are demonstrated to be mostly determined by the plasma with smaller particle density.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022109
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2023
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Research Grant No. 0119U002526.

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