Numerical estimation of the complex refractive indexes by the altitude depending on wave frequency in the ionized region of the earth atmosphere for microwaves information and power transmissions

Abstract

The phase and group refractive indexes of microwaves in the ionosphere region of the earth atmosphere are very important for both the researching theoretical problems and practical problems in wireless information transmission (WIT) and wireless power transmission (WPT). So far, there have been many attempts devoted to discussing and determining characterizations of earth atmosphere’s ionosphere region including the refractive indexes of microwaves concerning their velocities in ionized region, unfortunately due to the complicated features of the ionosphere region leading to research task facing many challenges. Up to recent, there is still a lack of systematic numerical data of complex refractive index by altitude depending on high frequencies of the electromagnetic waves in the ionosphere region. This paper outlines some theoretical analyses and discussions of some theoretical aspects of the complex refractive index in atmosphere’s ionized region more in detail. Based on conductivities data and the complex relative permittivity by altitude determined previously, the numerically estimated data of complex refractive indexes by the altitude from 100 km up to 1000 km at the different frequencies are also shown and discussed.