On the effective diffusion length for microwave breakdown

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2 III, 2006, Pages 421-430

  Jordan, Ulf ^a   Anderson, Dan ^a   Lapierre, Luc ^b   Lisak, Mietek ^a   Olsson, Torbjörn ^c   Puech, Jérôme ^b   Semenov, Vladimir E ^d   Sombrin, Jacques ^b   Tomala, Rafal ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CNES   (France)

^c Powerwave Technologies   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Breakdown plasma; Effective diffusion length; Microwave breakdown

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROWAVES;

BREAKDOWN PLASMA; DIFFUSION LOSSES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION LENGTH; MICROWAVE BREAKDOWN; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) DEVICES;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 33646159974     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.872189     Document Type: Article

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