Communication through plasma sheaths
arXiv:0704.3103 · doi:10.1063/1.2794856
Abstract
We wish to transmit messages to and from a hypersonic vehicle around which a plasma sheath has formed. For long distance transmission, the signal carrying these messages must be necessarily low frequency, typically 2 GHz, to which the plasma sheath is opaque. The idea is to use the plasma properties to make the plasma sheath appear transparent.
30 pages, 18 figures