Characterization of a helicon plasma source in low diverging magnetic fields

A detailed experimental characterization has been performed of a helicon mode in low nonuniform magnetic fields (B0 1017 m−3) is more than an order of magnitude larger than that before or after, and is associated with a corresponding peak in the measured antenna resistance, thus showing a larger percentage of the input power is deposited within the plasma.

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