DocumentCode
986330
Title
Construction and operating characteristics of a large-volume mercury arc plasma tube
Author
Judson, H. ; Chen, K.
Author_Institution
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Volume
16
Issue
1
fYear
1968
fDate
1/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
144
Lastpage
146
Abstract
The purpose of this communication is to describe the construction and operating characteristics of a mercury arc discharge tube which allows the generation of a large volume of stable, high-intensity plasma for use in experimental work with plasma-clad antennas operating at a frequency of a few GHz.
Keywords
Mercury materials/devices; Plasma-arc devices; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Detectors; Frequency; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma stability; Plasma waves; Radio astronomy; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1968.1139100
Filename
1139100
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