“…In the plasma focus the pinching discharge can be compressed to pressures of about 100-150 bar [8]. High speed plasma jets generated by magneto-plasma compressors (MPC) can be applied for plasma fusion devices [1-6, 15, 26-28], high-enthalpy plasma-material interactions, surface modification [7,15,25,27], supersonic flow control [8][9][10][11] and air-breathing propulsion [12][13][14]. [8].…”