Demonstration of a plasma mirror for microwaves

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A. E. Robson · United States Naval Research Laboratory

R. Morgan · United States Naval Research Laboratory

R. A. Meger · United States Naval Research Laboratory

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A plane sheet of partially ionized plasma produced by a pulsed, hollow-cathode glow discharge in an axial magnetic field has been shown to reflect X-band microwaves as well as an equivalent sheet of metal. The plasma mirror can be established and extinguished on a time scale of about 20 mu s and could form the basis of an extremely agile radar system.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>

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Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology

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Published in: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volume 20, Issue 6, pp. 1036-1040

DOI: 10.1109/27.199569

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