Helicons-the early years

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1229-1244

  Boswell, Rod W ^a   Chen, Francis F ^a  

^a Plasma Research Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helicon waves; Historical review; Plasma sources; Wave propagation in cylinders

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; PLASMA SOURCES; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

RIGHT HAND POLARIZED (RHP) WAVES;

HELICONS;

EID: 0031377751     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.650898     Document Type: Article

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