Temporal Measurement of Plasma Density Variations Above a Semiconductor Bridge (SCB)

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 843-846

  Kim, Jongdae ^a   Schamiloelu, Edl ^a   Martinez Tovar, Bernardo ^a   Jungling, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CAPACITORS; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; IONS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; VACUUM;

CAPACITOR DISCHARGE FIRING SET; LANGMUIR PROBE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RESONATOR; PLASMA TRANSPORT; SEMICONDUCTOR BRIDGE DEVICES;

PLASMA DENSITY;

EID: 0029357666     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: 15579662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.392868     Document Type: Article

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