Sensors (Jan 2022)

Issues with Modeling a Tunnel Communication Channel through a Plasma Sheath

  • Anna V. Bogatskaya,
  • Andrey E. Schegolev,
  • Nikolay V. Klenov,
  • Evgeniy M. Lobov,
  • Maxim V. Tereshonok,
  • Alexander M. Popov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010398
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
p. 398

Abstract

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We consider two of the most relevant problems that arise when modeling the properties of a tunnel radio communication channel through a plasma layer. First, we studied the case of the oblique incidence of electromagnetic waves on a layer of ionized gas for two wave polarizations. The resonator parameters that provide signal reception at a wide solid angle were found. We also took into account the unavoidable presence of a protective layer between the plasma and the resonator, as well as the conducting elements of the antenna system in the dielectric itself. This provides the first complete simulation for a tunnel communication channel. Noise immunity and communication range studies were conducted for a prospective spacecraft radio line.

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