POLARIZATION OF CHARACTERISTIC WAVES IN A MAGNETOIONIC MEDIUM

Abstract

The polarization of a plane wave propagating through a homogeneous magneto-ionic medium in a given direction can be obtained from AppletonHartree equations. It is shown that the point representing this polarization on the Poincare sphere described simple curves when the basic parameters are varied. If these curves are drawn on a map of the Poincare sphere a convenient method results for evaluating the characteristic polarizations for any conditions in the medium or conversely for deducing the properties of the medium from the observed polarizations. Special cases are discussed in terms of this representation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1961
Accession Number
AD0259156

Entities

People

  • G.a. Deschamps

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Plane Waves
  • Polarization
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.