Dynamic control of propagating electromagnetic waves using tailored millimeter plasmas on microstrip structures

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-87

  Sakai, Osamu ^a   Tachibana, Kunihide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic propagation; Glow discharges; Microwave devices; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; GLOW DISCHARGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP LINES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC CONTROL; MICROSTRIP STRUCTURES; TAILORED MILLIMETER PLASMAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33144472275     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.863594     Document Type: Article

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