ISBN: 3-540-65273-6
TITLE: Guided-Wave-Produced Plasmas
AUTHOR: Aliev, Yu. M.; Schlter, H.; Shivarova, A.
TOC:

1. Introduction 1 
1.1 The Structure of the Book 3 
2. Basic Relations 7 
2.1 Basic Laws of Plasma Electrodynamics 7 
2.2 Basic Equations for Modelling Gas Discharges 13 
2.2.1 Kinetic-Model Equations 13 
2.2.2 Fluid-Model Equations 20 
3. Surface-Wave Propagation in Homogeneous Plasmas 29 
3.1 Remarks on Classification 30 
3.2 Single Plane Interface 33 
3.2.1 Case of Weak Collisions (omega >> nu) 36 
3.2.2 Case of Strong Collisions (nu >> omega) 44 
3.2.3 Semi-Bounded Plasmas Overlain by a Dielectric 
or a Plasma 46 
3.2.4 Influence of the Thermal Motion of the Electrons 48 
3.3 Plasma Slabs and Plasma Columns 50 
3.3.1 Plasma Slabs: Planar Waveguides 52 
3.3.2 Plasma Columns: Cylindrical Waveguides 58 
4. Surface-Wave Propagation 
in Inhomogeneous Plasmas 75 
4.1 Main Aspects Treated in this Chapter 77 
4.2 Inhomogeneity in the Transverse Direction 79 
4.2.1 Wave-Field Equations for Plane Geometry 79 
4.2.2 Influence of Thermal Electron Motion 
on the Resonance Absorption 
of Electromagnetic Surface Waves 82 
4.2.3 Surface Wave Propagation 
Along an Inhomogeneous Plasma Slab 84 
4.2.4 Surface Wave Propagation 
Along a Radially Inhomogeneous Plasma Column 96 
4.3 Inhomogeneity in the Longitudinal Direction 107 
4.3.1 Single Interface 108 
4.3.2 Layered Structures 114 
4.3.3 Cylindrical Geometry 116 
4.3.4 Generalized Procedure for Obtaining 
the Geometrical-Optics Solutions 118 
4.3.5 Numerical Results for a Single Interface 
and for Cylindrical Waveguides 125 
4.4 Calculations with Both Transverse 
and Longitudinal Inhomogeneities 133 
5. Fluid Theory 
of Surface-Wave-Produced Plasmas 139 
5.1 Surface-Wave-Sustained Discharges: 
Nonlinear Systems Unifying Plasma and Wave Field 140 
5.2 The Set of Equations 145 
5.3 Ionization Nonlinearity 146 
5.3.1 Electron Temperature in Terms 
of the Maintenance Field Intensity 146 
5.3.2 Power Absorbed on Average per Electron 150 
5.3.3 Ionization Frequency in Terms 
of the Maintenance Field Intensity 150 
5.3.4 Plasma Density Expressed in Terms 
of the Maintenance Field Intensity 151 
5.4 The Electrodynamic Part of the Problem 
of Maintenance of a Waveguided Discharge 170 
5.5 Self-Consistent Axial Structure 171 
5.5.1 Recombination-Controlled Regime 171 
5.5.2 Diffusion-Controlled Regime 172 
5.5.3 Comparison of the Axial Structures of Discharges 
in Diffusion- and Recombination-Controlled Regimes 180 
5.6 Axial Density Profiles 182 
5.6.1 General Relations 182 
5.6.2 Discharges Maintained in a Diffusion-Controlled 
Regime by Joule Heating in the Volume 186 
5.6.3 Discharges Maintained by Joule Heating 
in the Plasma Volume and in Regions 
of Resonance Absorption 190 
6. Kinetic Numerical Modelling 205 
6.1 Nonlocal Model 206 
6.1.1 Boltzmann's Equation 207 
6.1.2 Complementary Relations 212 
6.1.3 Mean Power Absorbed per Electron 215 
6.1.4 Axial Structure 216 
6.1.5 Results 217 
6.1.6 Axial Changes of Electric-Field Intensity 224 
6.1.7 Influence of Ponderomotive-Force Effects 226 
6.2 Local Approach 226 
6.2.1 Set of Equations 227 
6.2.2 Essential Features 228 
6.3 Transition Regime 230 
7. Experimental Aspects 237 
7.1 Experimental Conditions 237 
7.2 Diagnostic Methods 240 
7.2.1 Radiophysics Diagnostic Methods 243 
7.2.2 Probe Diagnostics 246 
7.2.3 Microwave Diagnostics 248 
7.2.4 Optical Spectroscopy Methods 248 
7.3 Summary of Observations 249 
7.3.1 Observations on Basic Features 249 
7.3.2 Observations Relevant to Features of Self-Consistency 255 
7.4 Open Questions and Related Areas of Research 263 
7.5 Applicational Aspects 263 
References 267 
Subject Index 287 
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