Title :
Two-Dimensional Argon-Ion Velocity Distributions in the Expansion Region of a Helicon Plasma Source
Author :
Biloiu, Ioana A. ; Scime, Earl E. ; Biloiu, Costel ; Cohen, Samuel A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV
Abstract :
Two-dimensional argon ion velocity distribution functions in the expansion region of a helicon plasma source have been obtained by laser-induced-fluorescence tomography. Below a threshold value of the magnetic field in the expansion region, a fast ion population moving away from the source appears in addition to the nearly isotropic, slow, background, ion population.
Keywords :
argon; fluorescence; helicons; ion beam effects; plasma sources; tomography; 2D argon-ion velocity distributions; Ar; expansion region; fast ion population; helicon plasma source; laser induced fluorescence tomography; magnetic field; Electric double layer; helicon plasma; ion beam; ion velocity distribution function; laser induced fluorescence tomography;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2008.917778
