Asymmetrically excited, high frequency cylindrical capacitive discharges are widely used for materials etching and thin film deposition. Two-dimensional (2D) electrostatic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations show the existence of standing waves and wave-induced hysteresis of the plasma density, i.e. two different steady states for the same driving rf voltage amplitude, when the voltage is increa...

In the GPR frequency range, electromagnetic wave attenuation is largely controlled by dielectric relaxation processes. A primary relaxation commonly occurs in the 10 – 100 MHz range for many earth materials in which the GPR signal propagates effectively. This relaxation leads to strong nonlinearity in the frequency dependent attenuation and occurs in a frequency range that is often used for gro...

Internet of Things (IoT) technology is rapidly emerging in medical applications as it offers the possibility of lower-cost personalized healthcare monitoring. At the present time, the 2.45 GHz band is in widespread use for these applications but in this paper, the authors investigate the potential of the 915 MHz ISM band in implementing future, wearable IoT devices. The target sensor is a wrist...

Abstract During the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE‐2) High‐Flyer rocket's passage through cusp high frequency (HF) radio wave receiver observed three intervals of banded upper‐hybrid (UH) waves. The bands begin at UH ( 1.2–1.3 MHz), descending as low 1.1 MHz, with amplitudes hundreds mV/m. spacing are 4.5–6 kHz and number ranges from 3 10. Simultaneously, very (VLF) low...

To understand better how complex interactions between environmental variables affect the energy balance of small diurnal animals, we studied the effects of the absence and presence of 950 W m(-)(2) simulated solar radiation combined with wind speeds ranging from 0. 25 to 1.00 m s(-)(1) on the metabolic rate and body temperature of the round-tailed ground squirrel Spermophilus tereticaudus. As w...

Radio-frequency eddy current heating of metallic samples in shock wave, ultrasonic and diamond anvil apparatus provides a methodology for obtaining hot samples or hot metallic gaskets (containing a sample) and yet not heating the entire target, ultrasonic assembly or diamond cell. Analysis of a previous design of a radio-frequency (~0.5 MHz) coil demonstrated that the center of 13 mm diameter s...