Contents

Sl No Chapter Page No

1. Introduction 1
1.1 Initiative 1
1.2 Organisation of report 1
1.3 Plasma Antenna Technology 2
1.4 Unique Characteristics of a Plasma Antenna 3
1.5 PSiAn Plasma Antennas 4
1.6 Market Applications of Plasma Technology 5
1.7Advanatages 6
1.8Radio Antenna made of Plasma 8
1.9Plasma generation and containment 9

2. Literature Survey 11

3. Construction and Analysis 12

4. System Design 18
4.1 Plasma Theory 18
4.2 Plasma Antenna Technology 21
4.3 Antenna and transmission line applications 22
4.3.1 Plasma mirrors(reflectors) and lenses 22
4.3.2 Linear and loop antennas with plasma enclosures 25
4.4 Linear Antennas and Transmission Lines by Ionizing the 28
Atmosphere
7. Conclusions 31
8. References 34
 List of Figures

Figure No Name Page No

4.1 The Structure of The Plasma Antenna Excited by 12
High Voltage
4.2 The Structure of The Monopole Plasma Antenna 13
Excited by Surface Wave
4.3 The Gain of The Plasma Antenna AC-Biased and 14
The Plasma
Antenna Excited by The Surface Wave.
4.4 The Gain of The Plasma Antenna AC-Biased and 15
The Plasma
Antenna Excited by The Surface Wave.
4.5 The Gain of The Plasma Antenna AC-Biased. 16
4.6 The Radiation Pattern Of The Plasma Antenna 17
4.7 The Radiation Pattern Of The Plasma Antenna 17
3.1 Reflection Coefficient For A Plane Wave Normally 19
Incident on A Sharp Plasma/Air Boundary (Ne
=1´1012 /m3, n = 0, dashed line is the plasma
frequency, fp = 8.9 MHz).
3.2 Loss In db/m Below the Plasma Frequency For 20
Several Electron Densities (v=0).
3.3 Plasma mirror using a laser 23
3.4 Plasma Mirror Using A Chamber 23
3.5 Plasma Reflector 24
3.6 Comparison Of Radiation Patterns From Plasma 25
And Metal Reflectors
3.7 Loop Antenna 26
3.8 Antenna That Can Be Reconfigured By Selecting 26
One of Multiple
Plasma Paths (Dashed Lines)
3.9 The Surfatron Feed. Left: Operational Principle. 27
Right: Hardware
 Implementation
3.10 An Operational HF Monopole With Surface Wave 27
Excitation
3.11 Ionization of A Path in The Atmosphere Using 28
Multiple Lasers Sequentially
3.12 Multiple Stage Ionization Of An Atmospheric Path 29
Using A Laser
3.13 Plasma Antenna With Currents Generated By 29
Opposed Photon
3.14 Two Band Pass Filter Using Plasma 30

List of Tables

Table No Name Page No

5.1 Comparison between Traditional antenna and 32
Plasma Antenna