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Plasma Production in Continuous-Mode
Microwaves: Near-Circular Multicusp
Introduction
This chapter describes the experimental set-up used for experiments with
continuous- mode microwaves. The plasma conguration including the
microwave system, the vacuum chamber, the pumping system, and other
experimental accessories is described in detail. Thereafter, the production of
microwave plasma in a circular waveguide with the transverse dimension
smaller than the cutoff value is discussed. The construction of the waveguide
makes it slightly polygonal, so its cross-section is referred to as near circular.
In this experiment, a circular conducting t ...