Spectral measurements of inductively coupled and helicon discharge modes of a laboratory argon plasma source

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Celik, Murat ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electric propulsion; Helicon plasma; Inductively coupled plasma; Spectroscopic measurement

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMA SOURCE; AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HELICON DISCHARGE; HELICON PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; IONIZATION FRACTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MODE OF OPERATIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITY; PROPELLANT MASS; SINGLE ION; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ANTENNAS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HELICONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; PLASMA SOURCES; PLASMA THEORY; PROPELLANTS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 79952542714     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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