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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 5, 006 (2010)

Regular Articles


Effects of Plasma Resonance on Surface Waves in Axially Non-Uniform Plasmas
Hitoshi HOJO, Yasuyoshi YASAKA1) and Atsushi MASE2)
Plasma Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
1)
Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
2)
Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
(Received 17 May 2009 / Accepted 23 June 2009 / Published 10 February 2010)

Abstract

Surface waves were studied in cold cylindrical plasmas with axially non-uniform density profiles, and the eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions for the transverse-magnetic modes of pure and hybrid surface waves were obtained numerically for collisional plasmas. The analysis of the wave equation takes into account the singularity caused by plasma resonance at which the wave frequency is equal to the local electron plasma frequency. It is shown that the axial eigenfunction of the pure surface mode peaks at the position of the plasma resonance layer, whereas the axial eigenfunction of the hybrid surface mode has two peaks at the plasma resonance layer and at the interface of the plasma and a quartz plate. Transverse-electric surface modes in axially non-uniform plasmas without plasma resonance are also analyzed.


Keywords

surface wave, plasma resonance, non-uniform plasma, transverse magnetic mode, transverse electric mode

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.5.006


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This paper may be cited as follows:

Hitoshi HOJO, Yasuyoshi YASAKA and Atsushi MASE, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 006 (2010).