Issue 3, 2006

Temporal and spatially resolved laser-scattering plasma diagnostics for the characterization of a ms-pulsed glow discharge

Abstract

A previously described instrument was used to obtain axial profiles of the gas-kinetic temperature (Tg) in a ms-pulsed glow discharge via Rayleigh scattering. In addition, the electron number density (ne) and the electron temperature (Te) were observed via Thomson scattering. For these measurements, the detection optics of the original instrument were modified and a photon-counting imaging technique was employed to allow the simultaneous observation of Thomson scattering from multiple spatial positions. It was found that the cell pressure and electrical characteristics of the glow-discharge pulse have an effect on the temporal behavior of all fundamental parameters. As with a dc glow discharge, there were two distinct classes of electrons, a high-energy group and a lower-energy (thermalized) group. The thermalized electrons showed greater energies during the prepeak than at the plateau. Following the power pulse, during the afterglow, ne and Te declined monotonically at the temporal and spatial positions observed. The spatial differences in ne during the afterglow are discussed with regards to the spatial variations in argon metastable population.

Graphical abstract: Temporal and spatially resolved laser-scattering plasma diagnostics for the characterization of a ms-pulsed glow discharge

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Aug 2005
Accepted
16 Jan 2006
First published
26 Jan 2006

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2006,21, 350-359

Temporal and spatially resolved laser-scattering plasma diagnostics for the characterization of a ms-pulsed glow discharge

G. Gamez, A. Bogaerts and G. M. Hieftje, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2006, 21, 350 DOI: 10.1039/B511764J

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