Guided-Wave-Produced Plasmas provides an up-to-date report of the physics of plasmas produced by the high-frequency electromagnetic fields of guided waves. The modelling of discharges generated by travelling surface waves is presented using a unified approach based on modern aspects of nonlinear plasma theory. Diagnostic methods needed for research and the main experimental results on plasma behaviour are discussed. The methods and ideas presented in this book possess great potential for a wide variety of applications in plasma research and technology.
Author(s): Professor Dr. Yuri M. Aliev, Professor Dr. Hans Schlüter, Professor Dr. Antonia Shivarova (auth.)
Series: Springer Series on Atoms+Plasmas 24
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 292
Tags: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Basic Relations....Pages 7-28
Surface-Wave Propagation in Homogeneous Plasmas....Pages 29-73
Surface-Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Plasmas....Pages 75-137
Fluid Theory of Surface-Wave-Produced Plasmas....Pages 139-204
Kinetic Numerical Modelling....Pages 205-236
Experimental Aspects....Pages 237-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-292
