IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques · 1992 · 37 citations · 8 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringPhysicsMicrowave EngineeringPlasma PhysicsPropulsionElectric PropulsionMicrowave ResonatorsPlasma HeatingPlasma PropulsionRadio-frequency HeatingSpace PlasmasElectrothermal PropulsionElectrothermal ThrustersMicrowave HeatingMicrowave Heating MechanismsMicrowave Plasma ThrustersMicrowave PlasmasPlasma ThrustersSpacecraft Propulsion
The microwave electrothermal thruster (MET) is attractive for medium- or high-power spacecraft propulsion. A propellant gas is heated by passing it through a microwave plasma discharge created in a resonant cavity by tuning either the TM
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The design of a microwave plasma cavity
J. Asmussen, R. Mallavarpu, John R. Hamann et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1974 · 69 citations