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PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
Volume 18, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3646317
Keywords
high-frequency discharges; plasma diagnostics; plasma nonlinear processes; plasma ohmic heating; plasma oscillations; plasma pressure; plasma sheaths; plasma transport processes; stochastic processes
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- FONDECYT [3110008]
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Self-excited plasma series resonance is observed in low pressure capacitvely coupled radio frequency discharges as high-frequency oscillations superimposed on the normal radio frequency current. This high-frequency contribution to the radio frequency current is generated by a series resonance between the capacitive sheath and the inductive and resistive bulk plasma. In this report, we present an experimental method to measure the plasma series resonance in a capacitively coupled radio frequency argon plasma by modifying the homogeneous discharge model. The homogeneous discharge model is modified by introducing a correction factor to the plasma resistance. Plasma parameters are also calculated by considering the plasma series resonances effect. Experimental measurements show that the self-excitation of the plasma series resonance, which arises in capacitive discharge due to the nonlinear interaction of plasma bulk and sheath, significantly enhances both the Ohmic and stochastic heating. The experimentally measured total dissipation, which is the sum of the Ohmic and stochastic heating, is found to increase significantly with decreasing pressure. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3646317]
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