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