We investigated the role of a guiding magnetic field on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and ion emission from a laser produced Sn plasma for various laser pulse duration and intensity. For producing plasmas, planar slabs of pure Sn were irradiated with 1064 nm, Nd:YAG laser pulses with varying pulse duration (5–15 ns) and intensity. A magnetic trap was fabricated with the use of two neodymium permane...

The axial position of a magnetic field gradient has been varied for capacitive discharges in the linear plasma device VINETA. For low magnetic fields (B ≤ O(10 mT)), double layers have been observed to form predominantly at the interface between the source and the plasma chamber. In particular, double layer position is independent of the position of the magnetic field gradient. However, shiftin...

Stability properties of magnetic-field configurations containing the toroidal and axial field are considered. The stability is treated by making use of linear analysis. It is shown that the conditions required for the onset of instability are essentially different from those given by the necessary condition d(sBφ)/ds > 0, where s is the cylindrical radius. The growth rate of instability is calc...

In this work, applicability of Particle in Cell-Monte Carlo Collisions (PIC-MCC) simulation method for better understanding of the plasma physical mechanisms and real important aspects of a plasma column driven by surface wave plasma discharges that is used in plasma antennas is examined. Via the implementation of geometry and physical parameters of the plasma column to an Object Oriented PIC-M...