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The effect of intermediate frequency on sheath dynamics in collisionless current driven triple frequency capacitive plasmas

Sharma, Sarveshwar orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0642-0247, Mishra, S. K., Kaw, P. K. and Turner, Miles M. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9713-6198 (2016) The effect of intermediate frequency on sheath dynamics in collisionless current driven triple frequency capacitive plasmas. Physics of Plasmas, 24 (1). ISSN 1070-664X

Abstract
The CCP (Capacitively Coupled Plasma) discharge featuring operation in current driven triple frequency configuration has analytically been investigated and the outcome is verified by utilising 1D3V particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation code. In this analysis the role of middle frequency component of the applied signal has precisely been explored. The discharge parameters are seen to be sensitive to the ratio of the chosen middle frequency to lower and higher frequencies for fixed amplitudes of the three frequency components. On the basis of analysis and PIC simulation results, the middle frequency component is demonstrated to act as additional control over sheath potential, electron sheath heating and ion energy distribution function (iedf) of the plasma discharge. For the electron sheath heating, effect of the middle frequency is seen to be pronounced as it approaches to the lower frequency component. On the other hand for the iedf, the control is more sensitive as the middle frequency approaches towards higher frequency. The PIC estimate for the electron sheath heating is found to be in reasonably good agreement with the analytical prediction based on Kaganovich formulation.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Additional Information:Article number:013509
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Plasmas
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Physical Sciences
Research Institutes and Centres > National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST)
Publisher:American Institute of Physics
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4973889
Copyright Information:© 2017 Authors
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India via Projects GITA/DST/TWN/P-56/2014, DST-JC Bose Fellowship, and YOS Professor PKK 92-14.
ID Code:27108
Deposited On:09 May 2022 14:16 by Miles Turner . Last Modified 09 May 2022 14:16
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