UNDRIVEN PERIODIC PLASMA OSCILLATION IN ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE AR PLASMA

Authors
LEE PW LEE SW CHANG HY
Citation
Pw. Lee et al., UNDRIVEN PERIODIC PLASMA OSCILLATION IN ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE AR PLASMA, Applied physics letters, 69(14), 1996, pp. 2024-2026
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
69
Issue
14
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2024 - 2026
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1996)69:14<2024:UPPOIE>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report experimental observation of periodic oscillation in a steady state electron cyclotron resonance argon plasma that is not driven by extra periodic forces. We interpret the oscillation according to the predator-prey model, which is a nonlinear plasma-neutral coupling in t he plasma production region. The oscillation is observed in a narrow p lasma parameter window and is evidence for neutral density depletion i n a high density plasma system. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics .