THE CHARACTERISTICS AND STABILITY OF HIGH-POWER TRANSVERSE RADIO-FREQUENCY DISCHARGES FOR WAVE-GUIDE CO2 SLAB LASER EXCITATION

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VITRUK, PP
BAKER, HJ
HALL, DR
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[1] Optoelectronics and Laser Engineering, Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH
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10.1088/0022-3727/25/12/012
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The electrical features of a high power alpha-mode RF discharge at 125 MHz are investigated experimentally. An equivalent circuit description of the discharge is presented and a theoretical model proposed which accounts for the role of the near-electrode capacitive ion sheaths in stabilizing the discharge plasma region, and explains the increased overall discharge stability at high excitation frequencies.
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