A possible dusty microplasma source of mid-infrared radiation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Rosenberg, M ^a   Smirnov, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dusty plasmas; Thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

DUSTY PLASMAS; MICRO-PLASMAS; MICROPLASMA SOURCE; MID-INFRARED RADIATION; PLASMA PARAMETER; SELECTIVE EMITTERS; THERMAL RADIATIONS;

HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; METAMATERIALS; PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES; PLASMA THEORY; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS;

DUST;

EID: 76149122468     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2035624     Document Type: Article

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