The electrostatic potentials in an electron-cyclotron-resonance processing plasma

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing - Tập 12 - Trang 161-175 - 1992
K. A. Ashtiani1, J. L. Shohet1, F. S. B. Anderson2, D. T. Anderson2, J. B. Friedmann1
1Engineering Research Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin
2Torsatron/Stellarator Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin

Tóm tắt

The axial distribution of the electrostatic potentials ofan electron-cyclotron resonance (ECR) processing plasma confined in a do magnetic mirror geometry was characterized. The potential profiles far argon and helium at 8.0x 10−4 and 4.0 × 10−4 Torr were measured using electron emissive probes. The experimental measurements were then compared with the predictions of a one-dimensional, electrostatic, particle-in-cell computer code which runs on a personal computer. The potential profiles as predicted by the code showed good agreement with the experimental measurements.

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