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SEVERAL recent publications1–4 discuss possible methods whereby a localized gas discharge might be maintained by electromagnetic radiation. Recently a simple experiment to maintain an electrodeless discharge by focused microwave radiation was undertaken at this Laboratory. A small, localized discharge was obtained in low-pressure air. This discharge stands distinct and isolated from the generating apparatus and from any walls.
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HAMILTON, C. Sustained, Localized, Pulsed-Microwave Discharge in Air. Nature 188, 1098–1099 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1881098a0
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