• DocumentCode
    775221
  • Title

    Particle-in-cell simulation of ion flow through a hole in contact with plasma

  • Author

    Nam, Sang Ki ; Donnelly, Vincent M. ; Economou, Demetre J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Chem. Eng., Houston Univ., TX, USA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    232
  • Lastpage
    233
  • Abstract
    Images from a particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation of ion flow through a hole in contact with plasma are presented. When the hole size is comparable to or larger than the plasma sheath thickness, the emanating ion beam is strongly divergent. In the opposite extreme of small hole size, a collimated ion beam may be extracted.
  • Keywords
    plasma flow; plasma sheaths; plasma simulation; ion beam; ion flow; particle-in-cell simulation; plasma sheath; Computational modeling; Electrons; Ion beams; Particle beams; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Plasma sheaths; Plasma simulation; Radio frequency; Ion angular distribution; ion beams; particle-in-cell; plasma molding; simulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2005.845109
  • Filename
    1420412