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A new launching scheme for ECR plasma based on two‐waveguides‐array
Author(s) -
Torrisi G.,
Sorbello G.,
Leonardi O.,
Mascali D.,
Celona L.,
Gammino S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.30117
Subject(s) - microwave , plasma , tilt (camera) , waveguide , physics , modal , phased array , optics , engineering , materials science , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , polymer chemistry , antenna (radio)
This article describes the design, the simulations, and the tests of a microwave launcher for alternative plasma‐heating schemes in the Flexible Plasma Trap (FPT). A waveguide‐phased array has been designed to tilt the wave injection angle: this will allow modal conversion to generate Electrostatic Bernstein Waves and then to obtain overdense plasmas. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2629–2634, 2016