Current-mode triple and quadruple Langmuir probe methods with applications to flowing pulsed plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 2118-2129

  Gatsonis, Nikolaos A ^a   Byrne, Lawrence T ^b   Zwahlen, Jurg C ^b   Pencil, Eric J ^c   Kamhawi, Hani ^c  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Busek Co Inc   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA PROBES; PLASMA SOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

DOUBLE PROBE; FLOWING PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; PULSED PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; QUADRUPLE LANGMUIR PROBE; TRIPLE LANGMUIR PROBE;

PLASMAS;

EID: 7744234396     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.835520     Document Type: Article

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