Design and In-orbit Demonstration of REGULUS, an Iodine electric propulsion system

N Bellomo, M Magarotto, M Manente, F Trezzolani… - CEAS Space …, 2022 - Springer
REGULUS is an Iodine-based electric propulsion system. It has been designed and
manufactured at the Italian company Technology for Propulsion and Innovation SpA (T4i) …

Development of a lumping methodology for the analysis of the excited states in plasma discharges operated with argon, neon, krypton, and xenon

N Souhair, M Magarotto, E Majorana, F Ponti… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, a methodology is presented to compute the plasma properties (eg,, density
and temperature) accounting for the dynamics of the excited states. The proposed strategy …

Plasma-based reflecting and transmitting surfaces

M Magarotto, L Schenato, M Santagiustina… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A theoretical model is proposed to preliminary assess the performance of plasma-based
reflecting and transmitting surfaces. The model has been verified and, subsequently …

Numerical suite for cathodeless plasma thrusters

M Magarotto, S Di Fede, N Souhair, S Andrews, F Ponti - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
This work focuses on a numerical suite targeted at cathodeless plasma thrusters. A Global
Model is used for preliminary estimation of the propulsive performance. In the plasma …

Plasma-based reflective surface for polarization conversion

M Magarotto, L Schenato, P De Carlo… - … on Antennas and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study analyses, for the first time, the use of reflective surfaces based on magnetized
plasmas for polarization conversion. The feasibility of this concept has been assessed via a …

Design of a hybrid metal-plasma transmit-array with beam-scanning capabilities

G Mansutti, P De Carlo, M Magarotto… - … on Plasma Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the complete design of a hybrid metal-plasma transmit-array antenna
with beam-scanning capabilities. The antenna operates at 1.07 GHz and consists of an …

Feasibility of a plasma-based intelligent reflective surface

M Magarotto, L Schenato, P De Carlo… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gaseous Plasma Antennas are devices in which an ionized gas (ie, plasma) is exploited to
transmit and receive Electromagnetic waves. Their main advantage over metallic systems is …

Experimental characterization of a plasma dipole in the UHF band

P De Carlo, M Magarotto, G Mansutti… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The experimental characterization of a plasma dipole in the ultrahigh frequency band is
presented. The antenna consists on two customized plasma sources disposed as the arms …

Plasma-based intelligent reflecting surface for beam-steering and polarization conversion

M Magarotto, L Schenato, M Santagiustina… - Ieee …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of a reflective surface operated in the GHz range is proposed to enable beam-
steering and polarization conversion simultaneously. The concept presented in this work …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the plasma transport in numerical simulations of helicon plasma thrusters

N Souhair, M Magarotto, F Ponti, D Pavarin - AIP Advances, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The accurate simulation of the plasma transport in helicon sources is a key aspect to
improve the design of Helicon Plasma Thrusters (HPTs). Specifically, the 3D-VIRTUS code …