Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode

Researches of the features of “electron” sheath formed between the negative glow plasma and the anode of hollow cathode discharge in oxygen and nitrogen at low pressure are performed. Peculiarities of behavior of spatial distributions of current onto the anode, plasma density and electron temperatur...

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description Researches of the features of “electron” sheath formed between the negative glow plasma and the anode of hollow cathode discharge in oxygen and nitrogen at low pressure are performed. Peculiarities of behavior of spatial distributions of current onto the anode, plasma density and electron temperature are determined at different gas pressure and discharge current. Проведены исследования свойств электронного слоя, формирующегося между плазмой отрицательного свечения и анодом разряда с полым катодом в кислороде и азоте низкого давления. Установлены особенности поведения пространственного распределния плотности тока на анод, плотности плазмы и электронной температуры при различных давлениях газов и разрядных токах. Проведено дослідження властивостей електронного шару, що формується між плазмою негативного світіння та анодом розряду з порожнистим катодом у кисні та азоті низького тиску. Встановлено особливості поведінки просторового розподілу густини струму на анод, густини плазми та електронної температури при різних тисках газів та розрядних струмах.
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fulltext ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2015. №1(95) 224 PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 2015, № 1. Series: Plasma Physics (21), p. 224-227. ANODIC ELECTRON SHEATHS IN LOW PRESSURE HOLLOW CATHODE DISCHARGE WITH LARGE SIZE ANODE V.Yu. Bazhenov, S.V. Matsevich, V.M. Piun, V.V. Tsiolko Institute of Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine E-mail: smatsevich@gmail.com Researches of the features of “electron” sheath formed between the negative glow plasma and the anode of hollow cathode discharge in oxygen and nitrogen at low pressure are performed. Peculiarities of behavior of spatial distributions of current onto the anode, plasma density and electron temperature are determined at different gas pressure and discharge current. PACS: 52.80.-s, 52.25.Ya INTRODUCTION Anodic sheaths, that is, zones in vicinity of positively charged electrodes are investigated since Langmuir’s day. Such interest is due to fact that in gas discharges namely in this zone a transition from axially uniform and radially non-uniform positive column plasma to location of electron loss at equipotential anode surface occurs. Appearance of spatial charge layers (electron, ion or double, in dependence on the system parameters) in vicinity of the anode results in considerable influence on the plasma features in the near-anode zone. In case of low pressure discharges, anode region properties are defined, first of all, by non-local kinetics behavior of electrons [1]. Works devoted to researches of plasma parameters in the near-anode sheaths can be roughly subdivided into two groups, one of them dealing with the sheaths near discharge anode [2-5], and another one – with the sheaths occurring near positive electrode placed into preliminarily formed uniform positive column plasma [6-9]. In spite of certain differences in these systems, in both cases it is assumed that creation and heating of ”bulk” plasma is performed by electric field, and spatial profile of electron flow onto the anode/positive electrode is close to the plasma density profile. Edge effects at the anode are usually neglected. Peculiarity of the hollow cathode discharge plasma consists in fact that main role in its generation and heating is performed by fast electrons accelerated in the near-cathode region up to energy of about eUd (Ud is the discharge voltage), and electric field in the plasma is small just about 0.01…0.1 eV. Actually, hollow cathode discharge plasma is the negative glow one. Typical design of such discharge is cylindrically shaped cathode with anode placed near one of the ends. At location far from the anode, electric field of cathode sheath is perpendicular to the cathode surface (that ism parallel to the anode plane). Due to fact that, at energy up to 50…100 eV, electron scattering in elastic collisions occurs mainly in forward direction, fast electrons have low chance to come the anode before the loss of their energy in non-elastic processes. The situation is complicated in case of acceleration of secondary electrons emitted from the cathode surface in vicinity of the anode. In this case, probability of fast electrons coming to the anode before the loss of major portion of their energy is considerably higher because: a) electric field of cathode sheath has a component directed towards the anode; b) anode may become in the scattering cone. These effects should be essentially exhibited in case of the anode size being close to the cathode diameter. A general goal of our researches was the study of features of “electron” sheath formed between the negative glow plasma of hollow cathode discharge in oxygen and nitrogen and the discharge anode at different discharge parameters. Results of the first stage of these researches are presented in this paper. 1. EXPERIMENT SET-UP AND MEASUREMENTS The measurements were performed in the discharge chamber having 38 cm diameter and 42 cm length, which simultaneously served as the discharge cathode, at that the discharge anode having 30.5 cm diameter was located near back side of the chamber. Chamber was evacuated down to pressure of about 5 10 -3 Pa, and after that working gas O2 or N2) was supplied to the chamber until reaching of predetermined pressure value. Working gas pressure P in the chamber was varied in range of 1…16 Pa. The discharge power supply was provided by DC source with controlled voltage and current values in ranges of 400…800 V and 100…600 mA, respectively. Power introduced in the discharge varied in range of 50…350 W, which corresponded to specific power in the discharge Wd ≈ 1…7 W/cm -3 . The plasma density, electron temperature and electric field in the plasma were measured using single Langmuir probes made of a 100 μm tungsten wire with the collecting length 10…12 mm. The probe characteristics were measured using the home-made PC- controlled system [10]. To avoid the effect of contamination of the probe surface on the probe current- voltage characteristic, the probes were heated to ≈ 800°C after each measurement. The plasma potential was determined from the inflection point of the probe current−voltage characteristic, and the plasma density was calculated from a saturation of the electron current to the probe. Temperature of the plasma electrons was determined from semi-logarithm dependency of current to the probe on the voltage. In [10, 11] it was shown that electron energy distribution function (EEDF) in the plasma of hollow ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2015. №1(95) 225 cathode discharges in nitrogen and oxygen possesses essentially non-Maxwellian behavior. In discharges in N2, there is a significant dip in the EEDF in the energy range ε = 2…4 eV. The dip is associated with the vibrational excitation of N2 molecules. In the energy range of 0.2 < ε < 2 eV, the EEDF is Maxwellian with a temperature T1 0.2…0.3 eV. In the case of O2 plasma, the EEDF can be described by two Maxwellian functions with different temperatures – T1 0.2…0.3 eV in the energy range 0…2 eV and T2 3…4 eV at 2 eV. Two-temperature EEDF behavior in energy range of ≈ 0…10 eV is, first of all, is due to influence of excitation of metastable states and vibrational levels of О2. In subsequent considerations namely “cold” electron temperature T1 in energy range 0…2 eV will be used. Radial distributions of discharge current onto the anode were measured by means of 7 mini-collectors, each having 0.1 cm 2 square, located with 20 mm step at the anode. Planes of receiving sections of the mini- collectors were flush with the anode plane. 2. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS At the first stage of researches, measurements of radial dependencies of current density onto anode Ja at different discharge current values Id were performed with oxygen use as working gas at 4 and 11 Pa pressure values (Figs. 1,a,b). At Id variation from 80 to 480 mA, the discharge voltage Ud grew from 550 up to 700 V, and from 400 up to 500 В at O2 pressure values 4 and 11 Pa, respectively. One can see from the figures that: a) behavior of the dependencies at various О2 pressure values are essentially different; b) at the same pressure value, behavior of the dependencies does not change with Id current variation. At smaller pressure value, radial dependence of Ja has non-monotonous behavior – Ja density initially grows up slightly with R increase, reaches a maximum at R 30 mm, after that decreases down to minimum value at R 100 mm and, finally, grows up monotonously till the anode edge. At the same time, at Р = 11 Pa current density Ja grows up practically monotonously with R increase at all Id values. But the most interesting feature consists in fact that behaviors of these Ja dependencies do not correlate with radial dependencies of the plasma density ne inherent to the main part of the discharge plasma (Fig. 2). Although the plasma density at 4 Pa pressure decreases monotonously with R increase, current density Ja exhibits essentially non-monotonous behavior. Inverted behavior is observed at oxygen pressure increase up to 11 Pa – non-monotonous one for radial distribution of ne and monotonous Ja growth with R increase. Thus it is obvious that in vicinity of anode deformations of initial distributions of plasma density, as well as and electric field, occur. For determining how essential is dependence of this effect on the gas kind, subsequent set of the measurements was performed with the use of nitrogen as working gas at the same values of pressure and current density, as in the case of oxygen use. One can see from Fig. 3 that, in spite of certain differences, behavior of dependencies Ja vs R remains the same – non-monotonous one al lower pressure value, and practically monotonous Ja growth with R increase at P = 14 Pa. 0 40 80 120 160 200 0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 a) Anode C a th o d e A n o d e c u rr e n t d e n s it y J a , m A /c m 2 R, mm 480 mA 400 mA 3200 mA 2400 mA 1600 mA 80 mA 0 40 80 120 160 200 0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2 b) C a th o d e Anode A n o d e c u rr e n t d e n s it y J a , m A /c m 2 R, mm 480 mA 400 mA 320 mA 240 mA 160 mA 80 mA) Fig. 1. Radial dependencies of current onto anode at different current values Id of the discharge in oxygen: a) Р = 4 Pa; b) Р = 11 Pa 0 40 80 120 160 200 0,0 0,4 0,8 1,2 1,6 2,0 0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2 A n o d e c u rr e n t d e n s it y J d , m A /c m 2 P la s m a d e n s it y n e *1 0 -1 0 , c m -3 R, mm Fig. 2. Radial dependencies ne (close points) and Ja (open points) obtained at close values of current Id. Dependencies of ne vs R are taken at distance L = 200 mm from the anode. -■- P = 4 Pa; -●- P = 11 Pa a b 226 ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2015. №1(95) Measurements of radial distribution of the plasma density far from the anode (L 180 mm) have also shown absence of correlation of these dependencies with Ja radial dependencies. For determining changes of the plasma parameters in vicinity of anode, measurements of the plasma potential Up, electron temperature T1 and plasma density were performed at distances of 7 and 107 mm from the anode. The measurements have shown that plasma potential in the main volume of the plasma is about 5…10 V lower than the anode potential practically in all studied regimes of the discharge glow. This value is less than ionization potentials of O2 and N2 (12.1 and 15.6 eV, respectively), so that additional gas ionization by the plasma electrons can be neglected. 0 40 80 120 160 200 0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 a) Anode C a th o d e A n o d e c u rr e n t d e n s it y J a , m A /c m 2 R, mm 480 mA 400 mA 320 mA 240 mA 160 mA 80 mA 0 40 80 120 160 200 0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 b) C a th o d e Anode A n o d e c u rr e n t d e n s it y J a , m A /c m 2 R, mm 480 mA 400 mA 320 mA 240 mA 160 mA 80 mA Fig. 3. Radial dependencies of current density onto anode Ja at different current values Id of the discharge in nitrogen: a) Р = 4 Pa; b) Р = 14 Pa One can see from Fig. 4 that at 107 mm distance temperature Т1 generally decreases with R increase, and by its value corresponds to Т1 in the main plasma volume [10], whereas at small L abrupt decrease of temperature T1 is observed. It should be noted once again that here “cold” electrons with energy in range of 0…2 eV are considered, that is, actually, the electrons of isotropic section of EEDF. It should be noted that EEDF in high energy range should be also “distorted” at the expense of electric field influence in the anode electron sheath. Accurate EEDF measurements (taking into account its becoming anisotropic under action of longitudinal electric field) in this energy range are required for clarification of nature of the processes taking place in the near-anode region. Abrupt T1 decrease at short distance from the anode can be due to formation of potential well with negative field in vicinity of the anode [2, 3]. It results in forming two groups of electrons – trapped and free ones, at that trapped electrons cooled down to low temperature under certain conditions. 0 40 80 120 160 200 0,00 0,05 0,10 0,15 0,20 0,25 0,30 C a th o d e Anode E le c tr o n t e rm p e ra tu re T 1 , e V R, mm L = 107 mm L = 7 mm Fig. 4. Radial dependencies of electron temperature Т1 at different distances L from the anode. Nitrogen pressure Р = 4 Pa, Id = 160 mA 0 40 80 120 160 200 0 1 2 3 4 5 C a th o d e Anode P la s m a d e n s it y n e *1 0 -9 , c m -3 R, mm L = 107 mm L = 7 mm Fig. 5. Radial dependencies of plasma density ne at different distances L from the anode. Nitrogen pressure Р = 4 Pa, Id = 160 mA Distribution of cold electron density ne vs R at L = 7 mm (Fig. 5) exhibits behavior which is similar enough to that of Ja radial dependence at low values of the discharge current (see Fig. 3,a), thus also giving an evidence to essential change of the plasma parameters. Somewhat unexpected is also difference of ne radial distribution at L = 107 mm from bell-shaped in central part of the discharge, which may tell about an influence of the processes in anode sheath also on “bulk” plasma parameters. a b ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2015. №1(95) 227 Researches of the anode sheath parameters at high discharge current values, as well as those with the use of atomic gases, are planned in the future. CONCLUSIONS It was determined that at pressure of working gases of 12…14 Pa, radial distribution of the density of electron flow to the anode Je was in qualitative agreement with radial distribution of the plasma density possessing maxima at mid-values of the chamber radius, whereas the pressure decrease down to 2…4 Pa resulted in drastic change of the situation. Although in this case ne in the main volume of the discharge monotonously decreased from the system radius towards the periphery, Je radial distribution exhibited essentially non-monotonous behavior – at first, it reached intermediate maximum at certain R value, and in subsequent, after passing a minimum it grew up again. The measurements also have shown that similar behavior near the anode is exhibited as well by the plasma density. Abrupt cooling of electrons with energy of 0…2 eV in vicinity of the anode is also determined. REFERENCES 1. V.I. Kolobov and V.A. Godyak. 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Measurements and Calculations of the Electron Distribution Function in the Electronegative Plasma of a Hollow Cathode Discharge in N2: SF6 Mixtures // Plasma Physics Reports. 2009, v. 35, № 10, p. 883-889. Article received 15.01.2015 АНОДНЫЕ ЭЛЕКТРОННЫЕ СЛОИ В РАЗРЯДЕ НИЗКОГО ДАВЛЕНИЯ С ПОЛЫМ КАТОДОМ И БОЛЬШИМ АНОДОМ В. Ю. Баженов, С.В. Мацевич, В.М. Пиун, В.В. Циолко Проведены исследования свойств электронного слоя, формирующегося между плазмой отрицательного свечения и анодом разряда с полым катодом в кислороде и азоте низкого давления. Установлены особенности поведения пространственного распределния плотности тока на анод, плотности плазмы и электронной температуры при различных давлениях газов и разрядных токах. АНОДНІ ЕЛЕКТРОННІ ШАРИ В РОЗРЯДІ НИЗЬКОГО ТИСКУ З ПОРОЖНИСТИМ КАТОДОМ ТА ВЕЛИКИМ АНОДОМ В.Ю. Баженов, С.В. Мацевич, В.М. Піун, В.В. Ціолко Проведено дослідження властивостей електронного шару, що формується між плазмою негативного світіння та анодом розряду з порожнистим катодом у кисні та азоті низького тиску. Встановлено особливості поведінки просторового розподілу густини струму на анод, густини плазми та електронної температури при різних тисках газів та розрядних струмах.
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Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode / V.Yu. Bazhenov, S.V. Matsevich, V.M. Piun, V.V. Tsiolko // Вопросы атомной науки и техники. — 2015. — № 1. — С. 224-227. — Бібліогр.: 11 назв. — англ.
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Researches of the features of “electron” sheath formed between the negative glow plasma and the anode of hollow cathode discharge in oxygen and nitrogen at low pressure are performed. Peculiarities of behavior of spatial distributions of current onto the anode, plasma density and electron temperature are determined at different gas pressure and discharge current.
Проведены исследования свойств электронного слоя, формирующегося между плазмой отрицательного свечения и анодом разряда с полым катодом в кислороде и азоте низкого давления. Установлены особенности поведения пространственного распределния плотности тока на анод, плотности плазмы и электронной температуры при различных давлениях газов и разрядных токах.
Проведено дослідження властивостей електронного шару, що формується між плазмою негативного світіння та анодом розряду з порожнистим катодом у кисні та азоті низького тиску. Встановлено особливості поведінки просторового розподілу густини струму на анод, густини плазми та електронної температури при різних тисках газів та розрядних струмах.
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Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
Анодные электронные слои в разряде низкого давления с полым катодом и большим анодом
Анодні електронні шари в розряді низького тиску з порожнистим катодом та великим анодом
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spellingShingle Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
Bazhenov, V.Yu.
Matsevich, S.V.
Piun, V.M.
Tsiolko, V.V.
Низкотемпературная плазма и плазменные технологии
title Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
title_alt Анодные электронные слои в разряде низкого давления с полым катодом и большим анодом
Анодні електронні шари в розряді низького тиску з порожнистим катодом та великим анодом
title_full Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
title_fullStr Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
title_full_unstemmed Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
title_short Anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
title_sort anodic electron sheaths in low pressure hollow cathode discharge with large size anode
topic Низкотемпературная плазма и плазменные технологии
topic_facet Низкотемпературная плазма и плазменные технологии
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