Abstract - The possibility of using a surfaguide device as plasma source for plasma antenna application has been experimentally investigated. The surfaguide was optimized, realized and used for the ignition of a plasma column to be used as a radiating structure: the coupling with the radiated signal network and plasma antenna efficiency were measured showing that a surfaguide can be effectively used to create and sustain the plasma conductive medium. A plasma diagnostic technique was also developed to evaluate the plasma column length and plasma conductivity with respect to the power supplied. These measurements highlighted that plasma antenna properties are strongly affected by the pump signal and therefore this signal has to be optimized in order to have the highest conductivity.
Experimental characterization of a surfaguide fed plasma antenna / Russo, Paola; MARIANI PRIMIANI, Valter; Cerri, Graziano; DE LEO, Roberto; Vecchioni, Eleonora. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION. - ISSN 0018-926X. - STAMPA. - 59 n.2:(2011), pp. 425-433. [10.1109/TAP.2010.2096387]
Experimental characterization of a surfaguide fed plasma antenna
RUSSO, Paola;MARIANI PRIMIANI, Valter;CERRI, GRAZIANO;DE LEO, Roberto;VECCHIONI, ELEONORA
2011-01-01
Abstract
Abstract - The possibility of using a surfaguide device as plasma source for plasma antenna application has been experimentally investigated. The surfaguide was optimized, realized and used for the ignition of a plasma column to be used as a radiating structure: the coupling with the radiated signal network and plasma antenna efficiency were measured showing that a surfaguide can be effectively used to create and sustain the plasma conductive medium. A plasma diagnostic technique was also developed to evaluate the plasma column length and plasma conductivity with respect to the power supplied. These measurements highlighted that plasma antenna properties are strongly affected by the pump signal and therefore this signal has to be optimized in order to have the highest conductivity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
