IPAC2015 - List of Authors (Rodgers, J.)

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WEPTY056	Novel High Power Sources for the Physics of Ionospheric Modification	3398
	B. Beaudoin, T.M. Antonsen, I. Haber, T.W. Koeth, A.H. Narayan, G.S. Nusinovich, K.J. Ruisard UMD, College Park, Maryland, USA J. Rodgers Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, USA
	Funding: This work is supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant FA95501410019. The ionosphere plays a controlling role in the performance of critical civilian and DoD systems including the ELF-ULF communications. The objective of Ionospheric Modification is to control triggered processes to improve the performance of trans-ionospheric C3I systems and develop new applications that take advantage of the ionosphere as an active plasma medium. A key instrument is the Ionospheric Heater, a powerful HF transmitter that modifies the properties of the ionospheric plasma by modulating the electron temperature at preselected altitudes. A major reason for the development of a mobile source is that it would allow investigators to conduct the needed research at different latitudes without building permanent installations. As part of a MURI, UMD will develop a powerful RF source utilizing IOT technology in class-D amplifier mode. This technology was chosen because it has the potential to operate at very high efficiency. Some of the technical challenges presented in this paper will include a gun design that minimizes intercepted current, a compact tunable cavity, an efficient modulator system capable of modulating a high power beam and output couplers to feed the antennas.
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Novel High Power Sources for the Physics of Ionospheric Modification

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B. Beaudoin, T.M. Antonsen, I. Haber, T.W. Koeth, A.H. Narayan, G.S. Nusinovich, K.J. Ruisard
UMD, College Park, Maryland, USA
J. Rodgers
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, USA

Funding: This work is supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant FA95501410019.
The ionosphere plays a controlling role in the performance of critical civilian and DoD systems including the ELF-ULF communications. The objective of Ionospheric Modification is to control triggered processes to improve the performance of trans-ionospheric C3I systems and develop new applications that take advantage of the ionosphere as an active plasma medium. A key instrument is the Ionospheric Heater, a powerful HF transmitter that modifies the properties of the ionospheric plasma by modulating the electron temperature at preselected altitudes. A major reason for the development of a mobile source is that it would allow investigators to conduct the needed research at different latitudes without building permanent installations. As part of a MURI, UMD will develop a powerful RF source utilizing IOT technology in class-D amplifier mode. This technology was chosen because it has the potential to operate at very high efficiency. Some of the technical challenges presented in this paper will include a gun design that minimizes intercepted current, a compact tunable cavity, an efficient modulator system capable of modulating a high power beam and output couplers to feed the antennas.

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