• DocumentCode
    775998
  • Title

    Wave currents in a helicon plasma source-model results

  • Author

    Bose, Deepak ; Govindan, T.R.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Ames Res. Center, ELORET Corp., Moffett Field, CA, USA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    374
  • Lastpage
    375
  • Abstract
    The propagation of wave components of plasma current in a helicon source is shown. The simulation results are obtained by self-consistently solving the wave equations with the discharge balance equations in a two-dimensional axisymmetric plasma reactor. The space charge wave is also included to model the Trivelpiece-Gould wave mode.
  • Keywords
    Maxwell equations; Poisson equation; antennas in plasma; helicons; high-frequency discharges; plasma density; plasma simulation; plasma sources; plasma transport processes; plasma waves; space charge; wave equations; Trivelpiece-Gould wave mode; discharge balance equations; helicon plasma source; plasma current; simulation; space charge wave; two-dimensional axisymmetric plasma reactor; wave currents; wave equations; wave propagation; Antennas and propagation; Inductors; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma simulation; Plasma sources; Plasma waves; Poisson equations; Radio frequency; Helicon plasma; plasma sources; radio frequency (RF) plasma;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2005.845306
  • Filename
    1420483