Characteristics of a surface wave produced discharge operating under standing wave conditions
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Revue de Physique Appliquée
- Vol. 25 (1), 125-130
- https://doi.org/10.1051/rphysap:01990002501012500
Abstract
A device for standing surface wave discharges (SWD) is presented and compared to classical travelling surface wave discharges (TWD). All discharge characteristics (neutral temperature and density, intensities of plasma lines...) are modulated with the same spatial period as the electromagnetic field. Assuming the discharge sustaining conditions of TWD are still valid, it is found that the electron density is modulated around a plateau-like density profileKeywords
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