ENHANCEMENT OF STIMULATED ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSION DURING 2 FREQUENCY IONOSPHERIC HEATING EXPERIMENTS

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作者
BERNHARDT, PA
WAGNER, LS
GOLDSTEIN, JA
TRAKHTENGERTS, VY
ERMAKOVA, EN
RAPOPORT, VO
KOMRAKOV, GP
BABICHENKO, AM
机构
[1] USN,RES LAB,DIV INFORMAT TECHNOL,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
[2] NIZHNIY NOVGOROD APPL PHYS INST,NIZHNII NOVGOROD,RUSSIA
[3] NIZHNIY NOVGOROD RADIOPHYS RES INST,NIZHNII NOVGOROD,RUSSIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2879
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have discovered that stimulated electromagnetic emission (SEE), excited by a powerful electromagnetic (EM) wave (pump 1) in the ionosphere, can be enhanced by a second high power EM wave (pump 2) with a higher frequency. For frequency separations near 0.4 MHz, the downshifted SEE in a 40 kHz band below the frequency of pump 1 is increased by 2 dB when pump 2 is turned on. We theorize that a second EM wave generates plasma irregularities that facilitate the mode conversion of electrostatic waves to yield enhanced EM emissions from pump 1.
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页码:2879 / 2882
页数:4
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