ABSTRACT
The plasma produced by high-power, short-pulse microwaves is of interest [1,2]. In the previous chapter, we saw that the plasma state between the pulses is a useful phase of the discharge [3]. The active plasma in the interpulse regime is favorable for the production of radicals, metastables, multicharged ions [4], negative ions [3], or for various plasma-chemical reactions. Other important applications include laser guiding through plasma in narrow tubes for particle acceleration [5] and inner-surface processing of smalldiameter tubes [6] and so on.
