Helicon waves are waves in low-temperature, partially ionized plasmas in a dc magnetic
field (B-field). The study of helicons involves both ion–neutral collisions and Larmor orbits …

This review presents the basics of plasma discharges applied to electric spacecraft
propulsion. It briefly reports on the mature and flown technologies of gridded ion thrusters …

In this survey, structure solutions for the longitudinal suspense equation within a magneto-
electro-elastic (MEE) circular judgment are extracted via the implementation of two one-of-a …

The authors have done an excellent job of clearly explaining the different nomenclature
used in plasma processing, with the meaning of the symbols and constants commonly …

Plasma engineering is a rapidly expanding area of science and technology with increasing
numbers of engineers using plasma processes over a wide range of applications. A current …

The dispersion relation for helicon waves in a uniform, bounded plasma is derived with both
collisional and Landau damping. It is shown that the latter can explain the very high …

A Langmuir probe for the study of high-density RF discharges has been developed and
tested in a helicon discharge in which the RF potential (approximately= 100 V) is much …

Helicon waves are right-hand polarized (RHP) waves which propagate in radially confined
magnetized plasmas for frequencies/spl omega//sub ci//spl Lt//spl omega//spl Lt//spl …

Quantum noise limits the sensitivity of interferometric measurements. It is generally admitted
that it leads to an ultimate sensitivity, the" standard quantum limit". Using a semi-classical …

Plasma thrusters are challenging the monopoly of chemical thrusters in space propulsion.
The specific energy that can be deposited into a plasma beam is orders of magnitude larger …