Ultra-fast pulsed microwave plasma breakdown: Evidence of various ignition modes

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Carbone, Emile ^a   Nijdam, Sander ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; FINGER-LIKE STRUCTURE; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; PULSED MICROWAVE DISCHARGES; PULSED MICROWAVE PLASMA; REPETITION FREQUENCY; TIME-DEPENDENT MODELS; VARIABLE FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; MICROWAVES; PLASMAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA;

EID: 84893684747     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/23/1/012001     Document Type: Article

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