Charge state distribution and emission characteristics in a table top reflex discharge - Effect of ion confinement and electrons accelerated across the sheath
Abstract
Tabletop reflex discharges in a Penning geometry have many applications including ion sources and eXtreme Ultra-Violet (XUV) sources. The presence of primary electrons accelerated across the cathode sheaths is responsible for the distribution of ion charge states and of the unusually high XUV brightness of these plasmas. Absolutely calibrated space resolved XUV spectra from a table top reflex discharge operating with Al cathodes and Ne gas are presented. The spectra are analyzed with a new and complete model for ion charge distribution in similar reflex discharges. The plasma in the discharge was found to have a density of ~1018m–3 with a significant fraction >0.01 of fast primary electrons. As a result, the implications of the new model on the ion states achievable in a tabletop reflex plasma discharge are also discussed.
- Authors:
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- The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1225175
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1225249
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-86ER53214; FGO2-86ER53214; S0000787
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; reflex discharge, density of charge states, imaging XUV spectrometer; ionization; cathodes; plasma temperature; plasma diagnostics; electron densities of states
Citation Formats
Kumar, Deepak, Englesbe, Alexander, Parman, Matthew, Stutman, Dan, and Finkenthal, Michael. Charge state distribution and emission characteristics in a table top reflex discharge - Effect of ion confinement and electrons accelerated across the sheath. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4935117.
Kumar, Deepak, Englesbe, Alexander, Parman, Matthew, Stutman, Dan, & Finkenthal, Michael. Charge state distribution and emission characteristics in a table top reflex discharge - Effect of ion confinement and electrons accelerated across the sheath. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935117
Kumar, Deepak, Englesbe, Alexander, Parman, Matthew, Stutman, Dan, and Finkenthal, Michael. Thu .
"Charge state distribution and emission characteristics in a table top reflex discharge - Effect of ion confinement and electrons accelerated across the sheath". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935117. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225175.
@article{osti_1225175,
title = {Charge state distribution and emission characteristics in a table top reflex discharge - Effect of ion confinement and electrons accelerated across the sheath},
author = {Kumar, Deepak and Englesbe, Alexander and Parman, Matthew and Stutman, Dan and Finkenthal, Michael},
abstractNote = {Tabletop reflex discharges in a Penning geometry have many applications including ion sources and eXtreme Ultra-Violet (XUV) sources. The presence of primary electrons accelerated across the cathode sheaths is responsible for the distribution of ion charge states and of the unusually high XUV brightness of these plasmas. Absolutely calibrated space resolved XUV spectra from a table top reflex discharge operating with Al cathodes and Ne gas are presented. The spectra are analyzed with a new and complete model for ion charge distribution in similar reflex discharges. The plasma in the discharge was found to have a density of ~1018m–3 with a significant fraction >0.01 of fast primary electrons. As a result, the implications of the new model on the ion states achievable in a tabletop reflex plasma discharge are also discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4935117},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 11,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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