Interferometric investigation of a cablegun plasma injector

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2272-2275

  Montgomery Smith, L ^a   Keefer, Dennis R ^a   Wright, Newton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CATHODES; CORRELATION METHODS; DEMODULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CABLEGUN PLASMA INJECTORS; DIGITAL PHASE DEMODULATION; PLASMA OPENING SWITCHES (POS);

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0034461557     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902256     Document Type: Article

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