Use of electromagnetic wave refraction for multicomponent gas-metal plasma diagnostics

Microwave ray trajectories are calculated in the geometrical optics approximation. The calculation results prove a possibility of using experimentally the methods of mutlicomponent gas-metal plasma diagnostics based on the microwave refraction in plasma. In the experiments the scattering of microwaves at an angle of approximately sixty degrees was observed. Spectral analysis of transmitted and scattered signals was performed.