Electromagnetic field intensity distribution along focal region of a metallic circular reflector covered with a plasma layer

A. Ghaffar; M. A. S. Alkanhal

doi:10.2971/jeos.2015.15014

Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 10 (2015)

Electromagnetic field intensity distribution along focal region of a metallic circular reflector covered with a plasma layer

A. Ghaffar, M. A. S. Alkanhal

Abstract

Theoretical analyses has been carried out to study the deviation of the electromagnetic field intensity distribution in the focal region of a long metallic circular reflector that contains a uniform cold collisional plasma layer on its surface. The electromagnetic field intensity expressions along the focal region have been obtained using Maslov’s method. Maslov’s method is systematic procedure, which combines the simplicity of ray optics and the generality of transform methods. The derived analytical field expressions in the focal region have been solved numerically. The reflected and transmitted field intensity distributions from the plasma layer along the focal point were examined. The effects of some physical parameters such as the plasma frequency, the thickness of plasma layer and the effective collision frequency on the transmitted field intensity distribution along the focal region are studied. The results are found to be in a good agreement with results obtained using Kirchhoff’s approximation.

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