A large-volume open-air microwave plasma based on parallel multislot rectangular waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1380-1385

  Wang, Zhong ^a   Zhang, Guixin ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Jia, Zhidong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron density; electron temperature; large volume open air microwave plasma; local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE); parallel multislot rectangular waveguides; pre ionization plasma jet

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; MICROWAVE PLASMA; MICROWAVE POWER; PLASMA ELECTRONS; PLASMA SIZE; PLASMA STRUCTURE; PRE-IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; PLASMA JETS; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84860884596     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2189897     Document Type: Article

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