title: Reproducing continuous radio blackout using glow discharge plasma.
abstract: A novel plasma generator is described that offers large-scale, continuous, non-magnetized plasma with a 30-cm-diameter hollow structure, which provides a path for an electromagnetic wave. The plasma is excited by a low-pressure glow discharge, with varying electron densities ranging from 10(9) to 2.5 × 10(11) cm(-3). An electromagnetic wave propagation experiment reproduced a continuous radio blackout in UHF-, L-, and S-bands. The results are consistent with theoretical expectations. The proposed method is suitable in simulating a plasma sheath, and in researching communications, navigation, electromagnetic mitigations, and antenna compensation in plasma sheaths.
authors.affiliation: School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Donglin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mingxu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Hanlu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang