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Studies on the Measurement of Plasma Parameters by Means of the RF Probe Method

Shosaku Matsumura and Sin-Li Chen

(Received July 27, 1978)

The RF impedance of a probe in collisionless plasmas has been studied. Numerical results of the RF impedance vs. the probe bias potential for various ω_p/ω are given, where ω_p and ω are the angular frequencies of the plasma and the applied RF signal, respectively. Collision effect on these RF impedance characteristics is also analyzed and discussed. A new method based on this study in order to determine the electron temperature and the electron density of the plasma is proposed. This proposed method has been also assured in a different manner by measuring the electron temperature and the electron density employing a usual Langmuir single probe method simultaneously. Experimental results agreed with the theory for the gas pressures up to 3 Torr where the electron mean free path is smaller than the probe radius by the factor of about 1/5.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/18/1329/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.18.1329

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