Doctoral Dissertations

Author

Mark S. Rader

Date of Award

5-1991

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Electrical Engineering

Major Professor

Igor Alexeff

Abstract

The United States Department of Defense has an interest in using an ionized gas, a plasma, to absorb or modify radar signals. It is possible to use an ionized gas cloud to modify the frequency of such a signal. This document discusses the theory and shows experimental evidence of such phenomena.

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