Study on Radiation Characteristics of Cylindrical Hydrogen and Argon Plasma Antennas under Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field
In this paper,two-dimensional axisymmetric model of hydrogen and argon plasma antenna is established under non-uniform magnetic field conditions,and the effects of magnetic field distribution on electron density distribution,radiation direction map and gain performance of monopole columnar hydrogen and argon plasma antenna are compared and analyzed under low pressure conditions based on COMSOL calculation results.The results show that under certain conditions:1)The electron distribution of argon plasma antenna is more affected by the magnetic field than that of hydrogen plasma antenna.The electron density distribution of argon plasma antenna is inhomogeneous,while that of hydrogen plasma antenna is relatively uniform.2)The radiation direction of the hydrogen and argon plasma antenna can be controlled by adjusting the magnetic field and wave frequency.At some specific wave frequencies,the hydrogen and argon plasma antenna have good directivity with small side lobe.Moreover,gain of hydrogen and argon plasma antenna can be improved by changing the magnetic field distribution while maintaining their directivity.3)The influence of the magnetic field distribution on the gain of the argon plasma antenna is greater than that of the hydrogen plasma antenna.When the magnetic field is mainly near the anode,the gain of the hydrogen plasma antenna is greater than that of the argon plasma antenna.As the magnetic field strength near the cathode increases gradually,the gain of argon plasma antenna is much larger than that of hydrogen plasma antenna.
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