Quasi-optical grill launching of lower-hybrid waves for a linearly increasing plasma density

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1330-1338

  Borghi, Riccardo ^a   Frezza, Fabrizio ^a   Gerosa, Giorgio ^b   Santini, C ^a   Schettini, G ^a   Santarsiero, M ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cylinders; Cylindrical arrays; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic launching; Electromagnetic scattering; Plasma heating; Plasma waves

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA WAVES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHING; WAVEGUIDE GRILLS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0032141541     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725166     Document Type: Article

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