Enhancement of the molecular nitrogen dissociation levels by argon dilution in surface-wave-sustained plasmas

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2131-2133

  Tabbal, M ^a   Kazopoulo, M ^a   Christidis, T ^a   Isber, S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 0035831774     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1359775     Document Type: Article

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