TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of frequency up-conversion in the propagation of a high-power microwave pulse in a self-generated plasma
AU - Kuo, S. P.
AU - Zhang, Y. S.
AU - Ren, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supportebdy the Air ForceO fficeo f ScientificR esearchG rantN o. AFOSR-85-0316a nd by the Air Force GeophysicaLla boratoryth rough NASA Grant No. NAG 5-1051.U sefuldiscussion with ProfessoBr .R. Cheo is appreciated.
PY - 1990/10/29
Y1 - 1990/10/29
N2 - A chamber experiment is conducted to study the propagation of a high-power microwave pulse. The results show that the pulse is experiencing frequency up-shift while ionizing the background air if the initial carrier frequency of the pulse is higher than the electron plasma frequency at the incident boundary. Such a frequency autoconversion process may lead to reflectionless propagation of a high-power microwave pulse through the atmosphere.
AB - A chamber experiment is conducted to study the propagation of a high-power microwave pulse. The results show that the pulse is experiencing frequency up-shift while ionizing the background air if the initial carrier frequency of the pulse is higher than the electron plasma frequency at the incident boundary. Such a frequency autoconversion process may lead to reflectionless propagation of a high-power microwave pulse through the atmosphere.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(90)90256-N
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(90)90256-N
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0004861930
VL - 150
SP - 92
EP - 96
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
SN - 0375-9601
IS - 2
ER -