Adaptive gas-discharge plasma as an enabling technology for reconfigurable antennas

Krushna Kanth Varikuntla; Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi; Okan Yurduseven

Adaptive gas-discharge plasma as an enabling technology for reconfigurable antennas

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Abstract

A reconfigurable plasma dipole antenna operating in the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) band is presented. The antenna employs two plasma discharge tubes as the radiating elements, replacing the metallic arms of a conventional dipole. The dispersive properties of plasma are analyzed analytically, and full-waves imulations are performed to evaluate its behavior as a dipole antenna. The antenna performance shows a strong dependence on electron density Ne (m−3), confirming the effective transition of plasma into a radiating conductor at higher densities. The proposed design achieves a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of62.6%. The plasma dipole demonstrates low observability as a function of electron density, making it suitable for adaptive antenna applications

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Publication status	Accepted - 15 Dec 2025
Event	2026 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology: iWAT 2026 - Liverpool, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Mar 2026 → 27 Mar 2026 https://attend.ieee.org/iwat-2026/

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Name	IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2770-4262
ISSN (Electronic)	2770-4254

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Conference	2026 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Liverpool
Period	25/03/2026 → 27/03/2026
Internet address	https://attend.ieee.org/iwat-2026/

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Varikuntla, KK , Abbasi, MAB & Yurduseven, O 2025, Adaptive gas-discharge plasma as an enabling technology for reconfigurable antennas. in IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Proceedings, IEEE, 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 25/03/2026.

Adaptive gas-discharge plasma as an enabling technology for reconfigurable antennas. / Varikuntla, Krushna Kanth ; Abbasi, Muhammad Ali Babar ; Yurduseven, Okan.
IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Proceedings. IEEE, 2025. (IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Proceedings).

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