Probing Collisional Plasmas with MCRS: Opportunities and Challenges

Autor: Bart Platier, Tim Staps, Peter Koelman, Marc van der Schans, Job Beckers, Wilbert IJzerman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 12, p 4331 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app10124331
Popis: Since the 1940s, Microwave Cavity Resonance Spectroscopy (MCRS) has been used to investigate a variety of solids, gases, and low-pressure plasmas. Recently, the working terrain of the diagnostic method has been expanded with atmospheric-pressure plasmas. This review discusses the advancements that were required for this transition and implications of studying highly collisional, with respect to the probing frequencies, plasmas. These developments and implications call for a redefinition of the limitations of MCRS, which also impact studies of low-pressure plasmas using the diagnostic method. Moreover, a large collection of recommendations concerning the approach and its potential for future studies is presented.
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