Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
Publication Date
5-17-1960
Abstract
A microwave interferometer technique which may be used as a diagnostic tool for determining the electronic properties of a moving plasma is described and analyzed. The plasma and microwaves are confined in a wave guide and longitudinal observation is employed. The complex reflection coefficient determined from resultant standing-wave pattern provides the means for obtaining the complex dielectric constant, conductivity, electron concentration and collision frequency of electrons with molecules in the plasma. The plasma used for these experiments is the reaction products of a gas detonation.
Document Type
Thesis
Language
English
Degree Name
Electrical Engineering
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Committee Member (Chair)
Russell Duff
Second Committee Member
N/A
Third Committee Member
N/A
Recommended Citation
Hayes, Bernard. "A Microwave Technique for Determining the Electronic Properties of a Moving Plasma." (1960). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ece_etds/325
