Methods of High-Density Plasma Generation

Abstract

Plasma is the fourth state of matter. Broadly, it can be classified into two categories first one is natural occurring plasma and another one is laboratory plasma. Laboratory plasma has variety of application in the field of material synthesis, controlled fusion, thruster, plasma-based lighting and display systems. In this paper an exhaustive literature survey on generation of laboratory plasma is provided. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of various plasma generation methods that include plasma generation using electrical fields, electron beams and laser beams.