Reflection and propagation of short electromagnetic pulse in plasma half-space and semi-infinite waveguide

Abstract

The present work is the continuation of previous investigations performed by the authors (1999) of electromagnetic short pulse propagation in different media. The following two adjustments are discussed: 1) The reflection and propagation of a short pulse in the half-space is considered instead of its propagation in infinite space as discussed in previous works; 2) The representation of the incident pulse field with Laguerre polynomials. It represents well the shape of a real pulse.