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Incoherent Scattering of a Bessel Vortex Electromagnetic Beam From a Nonmagnetized Plasma

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Starting from the description of plane wave angular spectrum superposition of a Bessel vortex beam, with the aid of Thomson scattering (TS) theory of a Bessel vortex electromagnetic beam (BVEB)… Click to show full abstract

Starting from the description of plane wave angular spectrum superposition of a Bessel vortex beam, with the aid of Thomson scattering (TS) theory of a Bessel vortex electromagnetic beam (BVEB) by a low-velocity election, the incoherent scattering power spectra of a BVEB by a nonmagnetized plasma are investigated in this article. The incoherent scattering power spectrum for a BVEB incidence is defined for the backscattered case, and the expression of the scattered power spectral density function is derived. The proposed method is verified in the physical sense by comparing the profiles of distribution parameter of scattered power and the magnitude of average Poynting vector of the incident beam. The effects of the beam parameters (topological charge and half-cone angle) on the scattered power spectral density function are analyzed for the plasmas with Maxwellian velocity distribution. Furtherly, the expression of the scattered power spectral density function is extended to the case of macroscopic moving plasmas. Taking plasma vortices as an example, the results indicate that the direction of the frequency shift of the scattered power spectral density function due to the rotational Doppler effect of the vortex beam is related to angular velocity of the plasma vortex. Additionally, as the topological charge increases, the magnitude of the frequency shifts also increases. Our proposed method provides a theoretical basis for exploring the feasibility of using vortex beams with single or multi orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes in the identifying and inverting parameters of plasma irregularities in ionospheric plasma or laboratory plasma environments.

Keywords: beam; incoherent scattering; power; bessel vortex; scattered power

Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Year Published: 2023

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