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Optical emission diagnostics with electric probe measurements of inductively coupled Ar/O{sub 2}/Ar-O{sub 2} plasmas

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4765357· OSTI ID:22068925
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  1. Department of Physics, Dong-A University, Busan 604-714 (Korea, Republic of)

Physical properties of low-pressure inductively coupled argon, oxygen, and Ar-O{sub 2} mixture plasmas are investigated using optical emission spectroscopy (OES) combined with an rf-compensated Langmuir probe measurement. In each gas discharge, the electron density and the electron temperature were obtained by using the probe. The electron temperature was also obtained by OES models and compared with that measured by the probe. The electron temperature was observed to decrease with increasing power and pressure and also observed to decrease with increasing Ar content. Argon metastable densities were calculated based on an optical transition model. In Ar-O{sub 2} discharges, the dissociation fraction of O{sub 2} molecules was estimated using optical emission actinometry. The dissociation fraction was observed to increase with increasing power and Ar content.

OSTI ID:
22068925
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 19; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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