Small-scale fragmentation of the plasma of a microwave discharge in crossed wave beams at moderate pressures

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Radiophys. Quantum Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01034497· OSTI ID:5646121

Vikharev, A L; Gil'denburg, V B; Ivanov, O A; Semenov, V E; Stepanov, A N

The phenomenon of small-scale fragmentation of a microwave discharge produced in a gas at moderate pressure by a field of crossed wave beams is investigated experimentally. The character of the observed fragmentation (stratification in the direction of the electric field vector), its spatial-temporal scales, and the conditions of development are in satisfactory agreement with the concepts of the theory of ionization-field (plasma-resonance) instability of a discharge in a wave field. Significant differences are established between discharge structures formed in beams with polarizations of the TE and TM types.

• OSTI ID: 5646121
• Journal Information: Radiophys. Quantum Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Radiophys. Quantum Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 30:2; ISSN RPQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
AIR
ARGON
ARGON IONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONAL PLASMA
CROSSED FIELDS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON DENSITY
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HELIUM
HELIUM IONS
HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGES
INSTABILITY
IONIZATION
IONS
LASER RADIATION
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
MICROWAVE RADIATION
NITROGEN
NITROGEN IONS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN IONS
PLASMA
PLASMA INSTABILITY
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
RECOMBINATION