Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l''Environnement, CNRS, 3A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45045 Orléans Cedex, France;Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux ionisés, CNRS-ERA 993, MCG-CNET BP 98 38243 Meylan Cedex, France
Abstract:
Very large volume (>2 m3) homogeneous maxwellian plasmas in the 109?1010cm?3 density range have been easily obtained by using a microwave electron cyclotron resonance source operating at 2.45 GHz. The magnetic multiple device has proved its efficiency in confining plasmas containing no primary electrons.