Non-invasive VHF monitoring of low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Law, V J ^a   Daniels, S ^a   Walsh, J L ^b   Kong, M G ^b   Graham, L M ^c   Gans, T ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL MODELS; ELECTRODE AREAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; FREE SPACE; GAS FEED; HELIUM PLASMAS; LIMITED OPTICAL ACCESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; LUMPED ELEMENT; NON-INVASIVE; OPTICAL ACCESS; PARALLEL PLATES; PARALLEL-PLATE CHAMBER; PLASMA ANTENNA; PLASMA CHAMBERS; POWER CONDITIONS; POWER LINES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REFLECTION PROPERTIES; REFLECTOMETRY MEASUREMENTS; REMOTE MONITORING; SCALAR MEASUREMENTS; SIGNAL INJECTION; SWEPT-FREQUENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HELIUM; MONITORING; OXYGEN; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SOURCES; REACTOR SHIELDING;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 77952990222     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/19/3/034008     Document Type: Article

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