ELECTRON-DENSITY DETERMINATION USING PHASE MEASUREMENT IN A PULSED SURFACE-WAVE DISCHARGE AT HIGH-PRESSURE

Authors
ROUSSEAU V BOISSELAPORTE C LEPRINCE P MAREC J
Citation
V. Rousseau et al., ELECTRON-DENSITY DETERMINATION USING PHASE MEASUREMENT IN A PULSED SURFACE-WAVE DISCHARGE AT HIGH-PRESSURE, Journal of applied physics, 75(3), 1994, pp. 1846-1848
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1846 - 1848
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1994)75:3<1846:EDUPMI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This paper deals with the determination of electron density in a pulse d surface wave discharge (frequency omega/2 pi=1.1 GHz, pulse duration tau similar to 10 mu s), in an air-like mixture at about 10 Torr in a capillary tube (inside diameter 1.5 mm). A time-resolved diagnostic b ased on microwave interferometry is developed. It is shown that it pro vides both the collision frequency nu and the electron density n(e) ex cept when nu/omega exceeds a certain value (5 for these operating para meters).