Design of a microwave microplasma source at atmospheric pressure

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6 PART 1, 2009, Pages 797-808

  Gregório, José ^a,b   Leroy, Olivier ^b   Leprince, Philippe ^b   Alves, Luís L ^a   Boisse Laporte, Caroline ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure discharges; Linear resonator; Microplasma; Microwave; Optical diagnostics; Power coupling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; METAMATERIALS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA DEVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE DISCHARGE; LINEAR RESONATOR; MICRO-PLASMAS; OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS; POWER COUPLING;

MICROWAVE RESONATORS;

EID: 67650338302     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2016203     Document Type: Article

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