Laser and Radiofrequency Air Plasma Sources

Abstract

Our current research is concentrated on the radiofrequency sustainment of the laser-excited air plasmas. We have been able to produce high density plasmas of large volumes and are working on optimization of the seed gas and rf antenna configuration to produce them at high pressures with minimum power requirements. We will also have several papers on this as well as grad students presenting the results at the ICOPS conference.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377833

Entities

People

  • J. E. Scharer

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Configurations
  • Computational Science
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • High Density
  • High Pressure
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Microsecond Time
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Power
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers