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Characteristics of probe current harmonics based on various applied voltage waveforms in low temperature plasmas

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3570664· OSTI ID:21537331
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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Heangdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791 (Korea, Republic of)

The characteristics of probe currents induced by applying various probe voltage waveforms, such as sinusoidal, sawtooth, square, and triangular, were investigated at a floating potential. It was found that the measured probe currents have many harmonics depending on the voltage waveforms. This was mainly due to the nonlinearity of the sheath in the plasma and was analyzed using the fast Fourier transform and a circuit model. By applying a triangular voltage waveform to a probe, plasma parameters such as electron temperature and plasma density could be obtained and compared to those of a single Langmuir probe and a floating harmonic method.

OSTI ID:
21537331
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 18; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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