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Influence Of Antenna Aiming On Ece In Mast, Josef Preinhaelter, Jakub Urban, Pavol Pavlo, Vladimir Shevchenko, Martin Valovič, Linda L. Vahala, George Vahala Jan 2004

Influence Of Antenna Aiming On Ece In Mast, Josef Preinhaelter, Jakub Urban, Pavol Pavlo, Vladimir Shevchenko, Martin Valovič, Linda L. Vahala, George Vahala

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

The effect of the direction of the detected beam on the intensity of ECE is studied. It is found that the combined effects of the strong dependence of the conversion efficiencey of O mode at the plasma resonance on the direction of the incident wave and the partial screening of the beam waist by the MAST vessel wall, can be responsible for the weakening of ECE emission for some frequencies. The theoretical model for ECE data interpretation on MAST has been significantly improved. New features of the model are as follows: the quasioptical treatment of the receiving antenna, interference, polarization …


Power Consideration In The Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge At Atmospheric Pressure, M. Laroussi, X. Lu, V. Kolobov, R. Arslanbekov Jan 2004

Power Consideration In The Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge At Atmospheric Pressure, M. Laroussi, X. Lu, V. Kolobov, R. Arslanbekov

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Nonequilibrium, atmospheric pressure discharges are rapidly becoming an important technological component in material processing applications. Amongst their attractive features is the ability to achieve enhanced gas phase chemistry without the need for elevated gas temperatures. To further enhance the plasma chemistry, pulsed operation with pulse widths in the nanoseconds range has been suggested. We report on a specially designed, dielectric barrier discharge based diffuse pulsed discharge and its electrical characteristics. Two current pulses corresponding to two consecutive discharges are generated per voltage pulse. The second discharge, which occurs at the falling edge of the voltage pulse, is induced by the …