Editing Plasma afterglow (section)

==  Remote plasma ==
[[File:B-pab-remoteplasmasystem.svg|thumb|Basic remote plasma diagram]]
A [[remote plasma]] refers to a plasma that is spatially separated from the external electromagnetic fields that initiate the discharge. An afterglow is a remote plasma if the plasma is channeled away from the original plasma source.

An advantage that remote plasma has over temporal plasma is that remote plasma can be used as a continuous plasma source and thus has more applications in supplying [[reagent]] ions for most systems.

Remote plasmas are often used in the field of analytical chemistry when a constant stream of ions is required. They are also very commonly used a method of cleaning complex vacuum systems without having to take them apart.