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    • 主要任职:物理学院副院长
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    • 毕业院校:大连理工大学
    • 学位:博士
    • 所在单位:物理学院
    • 学科:等离子体物理
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    Experimental and numerical investigations of electron characteristics in 2 MHz and 13.56 MHz inductively coupled hydrogen plasmas with an expansion region

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    论文类型:期刊论文

    发表时间:2018-01-01

    发表刊物:PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

    收录刊物:SCIE、EI、Scopus

    卷号:25

    期号:1

    ISSN号:1070-664X

    摘要:The electron characteristics are investigated in 2 MHz and 13.56 MHz inductively coupled hydrogen discharges with an expansion region. The influence of the gas pressure and radio-frequency of the power source on the electron energy probability functions (EEPFs), electron density, and electron temperature at high deposition power has been presented. The measured EEPFs in the driver region of the discharge evolve from a three-temperature Maxwellian distribution to a Maxwellian distribution as the pressure increases. Different characteristic frequencies calculated based on the measured plasma parameters show that stochastic heating of electrons dominates at pressures lower than 0.3 Pa and it has to be considered for pressures lower than 1.0 Pa, while Ohmic heating dominates at higher pressure. Furthermore, the EEPFs as a function of the total energy evolve from the identical shape to discrete shapes with axial position and pressure, indicating a transition of electron kinetics from nonlocal to local regimes. This can be explained by the calculated electron energy relaxation length. In order to verify the experimental results, COMSOL Multiphysics is used to calculate the electron density and electron temperature at different pressures and frequencies of power source. The simulated axial distributions of the plasma parameters agree well with the measured results at 5.0 Pa, while the calculated electron density is lower and the calculated electron temperature is higher at 1.0 Pa. In addition, there is no frequency dependence of axial resolved EEPFs, electron density, and electron temperature in high power deposition discharges (1.5 kW). Published by AIP Publishing.