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Helicon Waves in a Sinusoidal Periodic Structure
Author(s) -
Achar B. N. Narahari
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221430125
Subject(s) - helicon , dispersion relation , mathieu function , physics , limit (mathematics) , dispersion (optics) , bloch wave , mathematical analysis , mathematics , condensed matter physics , optics , plasma , quantum mechanics
Helicon wave propagation in a sinusoidally modulated periodic structure in the local limit is governed by Mathieu's equation. The dispersion relation obtained numerically using continued fractions does not show strong band gap effects.