Microwave Discharges and Their Application. I. Surface Microwave Discharge

Abstract

This article presents the results of a series of fundamental studies on a new type of a surface microwave discharge conducted at the Department of Physics of Moscow State University. The discharge is created by a surface wave on a dielectric antenna when powerful electromagnetic radiation in the centimeter wavelength range is supplied to it. The basic properties of a microwave discharge and the spatiotemporal evolution of the parameters of plasma generated by a surface discharge are investigated in a wide range of changes in external conditions.