Sugar-Cube-Size Microplasma (IMAGE)

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

Sugar-Cube-Size Microplasma

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Battery-operated sugar-cube-size microplasma: The microplasma fits inside the letter "A" of a one-cent coin (shown for scale); the sample is introduced into the chamber to the right.

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Vassili Karanassios, University of Waterloo

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