NDLI: Emissive probe measurements of electron energy distribution function in radio-frequency plasma

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Author	Shindo, H. Ozawa, T. Fukasawa, T.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electron., Tokai Univ., Hiratsuka (Shindo, H.; Ozawa, T.; Fukasawa, T.)
Abstract	Summary form only given. A new method to measure electron energy distribution function by an emissive probe has been proposed. The method is based on measurement of the functional relationship of the floating potential and the heating voltage of emissive probe. From the measured data of the floating potential change as a function of the heating voltage, the curve of the probe collection current-voltage is analytically obtained and subsequently the electron energy distribution function is obtained by the second derivative method. The present method has several important advantages of the following: (1) it is even applicable to radio-frequency plasma in which the potentials are usually fluctuating, (2) also applicable to plasmas which are produced in non-conductive containers. In the experiment, the emissive probe 30 micrometer diameter tungsten was heated by 40 kHz pulse voltage, and the floating potential at the heating voltage off period and the floating potential difference between the heating off and on period were measured by digital oscilloscope in argon plasma. The measurements were made in both the capacitively coupled and inductively coupled plasmas. The data acquisitions were performed by GPIB and the data analysis was made with a personal computer. It was shown that the plasma electron energy probability function could be obtained without any RF compensating circuit even in capacitively coupled plasmas. In particular, since the method is very sensitive near the plasma potential, the clear depletion of the low energy electron, which has already been found and analyzed by Godyak and Piejak, could be obtained. This low energy electron depletion is due to high plasma potential. Therefore, in the inductively coupled plasma this low energy electron depletion was obtained near the induction antenna, but at the further positions from the antenna the energy distribution became Maxwellian. This feature has also been reported by Godyak recently. This change in the electron energy distribution found in ICP was very systematic with the gas pressures and the distances from the antenna. Thus the present method is quite innovative in that it is applicable to the potential fluctuating RF plasma and measurements are all done in a floating condition of probe.
Sponsorship	Plasma Sci. Appl. Comm. IEEE Nucl. Plasma Sci. Soc.
Starting Page	331
Ending Page	331
File Size	1185683
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780393007
ISSN	07309244
DOI	10.1109/PLASMA.2005.359477
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-06-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Plasma measurements Probes Energy measurement Electrons Distribution functions Radio frequency Heating Voltage Coupling circuits Pulse measurements
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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