Research Article
Finite-Difference Time Domain Techniques Applied to Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Inhomogeneous Plasma Structures
Figure 13
Time evolution of the intensity of the electric field, in volts/meter, across the computational domain, for the inhomogeneous case where incident wave frequency is set to fin = 10 GHz, central electron density is set to n0 = 5 × 1017 m−3, and electron collision frequency is set to ν = 500 × 106 Hz.
(a) n = 0 |
(b) n = 200 |
(c) n = 400 |
(d) n = 600 |