Study on transport of negative ion plasma using dc laser photodetachment method
- Graduate School of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321 (Japan)
- Tokushima Bunri University, Nishihama, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514 (Japan)
Transport of negative ion containing plasma was studied in a hydrogen plasma by injecting a semiconductor laser to make an electron density perturbation by photodetachment of negative ions. Change due to laser irradiation on electron saturation current to a Langmuir probe and that on electron current extracted through an orifice biased at the anode potential were measured phase sensitively by a lock-in-amplifier. The measured transport velocity of the negative ion containing plasma was about 1.4x10{sup 5} cm/s for both cases. The photodetachment signal measured through the orifice had given a larger ratio of negative ion density to electron density. Change in transport of negative ion containing plasma around the Langmuir probe has been also investigated by detecting photodetachment signal onto electron current extracted through an orifice.
- OSTI ID:
- 22053822
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 81, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2009: 13. international conference on ion sources, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 20-25 Sep 2009; Other Information: (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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