Advanced Method of Sheet Plasma Production

Abstract

An advanced method of sheet plasma production is found experimentally : A primary sheet plasma produced between a discharge anode and cathode by the previous method due to two rectangular permanent magnets, diffuses into the low pressure region through a rectangular slit of the anode while electrons are reflected along magnetic field by a floating metal plate at the end of the plasma. By this advanced method, we can produce a sheet plasma in a lower pressure, with a more uniform width and along a more uniform magnetic field in comparison with the previous method.