The effect of the radial density configuration in terms of width, edge gradient and volume gradient on the wave field and energy flow in an axially uniform helicon plasma is studied in detail. A three-parameter functi...The effect of the radial density configuration in terms of width, edge gradient and volume gradient on the wave field and energy flow in an axially uniform helicon plasma is studied in detail. A three-parameter function is employed to describe the density, covering uniform,parabolic, linear and Gaussian profiles. It finds that the fraction of power deposition near the plasma edge increases with density width and edge gradient, and decays in exponential and ＂bumpon-tail＂ profiles, respectively, away from the surface. The existence of a positive second-order derivative in the volume density configuration promotes the power deposition near the plasma core, which to our best knowledge has not been pointed out before. The transverse structures of wave field and current density remain almost the same during the variation of density width and gradient, confirming the robustness of the m=1 mode observed previously. However, the structure of the electric wave field changes significantly from a uniform density configuration, for which the coupling between the Trivelpiece-Gould（TG） mode and the helicon mode is very strong, to non-uniform ones. The energy flow in the cross section of helicon plasma is presented for the first time, and behaves sensitive to the density width and edge gradient but insensitive to the volume gradient. Interestingly, the radial distribution of power deposition resembles the radial profile of the axial component of current density, suggesting the control of the power deposition profile in the experiment by particularly designing the antenna geometry to excite a required axial current distribution.展开更多
采用自主编写的程序HWAP(helicon wave at plasma)模拟了双鞍型天线与均匀柱状螺旋波等离子体相互作用时耦合距离对功率沉积的影响。模拟结果表明:1)在一定实验条件下,双鞍型天线发射的波在等离子体中同时激发螺旋波和Trivelpiece-Gould...采用自主编写的程序HWAP(helicon wave at plasma)模拟了双鞍型天线与均匀柱状螺旋波等离子体相互作用时耦合距离对功率沉积的影响。模拟结果表明:1)在一定实验条件下,双鞍型天线发射的波在等离子体中同时激发螺旋波和Trivelpiece-Gould(TG)波,控制天线耦合距离可改变TG波在等离子体边界附近的能量沉积分布;2)当天线耦合距离在一定范围内变化时(15.0~30.0 cm),耦合距离的大小能影响螺旋波和TG波在能量沉积过程中起的主导作用;3)当天线放置在等离子体中时,波在等离子体中沉积的总功率随耦合距离的增加而减少,当天线放置在等离子体边界和装置外壁之间时,总功率沉积先增加后减少,存在一个最佳耦合距离使功率沉积最大。展开更多
The efficiency of radio-frequency(RF)power absorption,RF magnetic field structure and plasma parameters were measured in cylindrical inductive RF plasma sources 20 cm in diameter and 22,32,53 cm in length with a low v...The efficiency of radio-frequency(RF)power absorption,RF magnetic field structure and plasma parameters were measured in cylindrical inductive RF plasma sources 20 cm in diameter and 22,32,53 cm in length with a low value external magnetic field.The experiments were carried out in argon at pressures of 13-140 m Pa.The RF power supply changed from 200 W to 800 W.The spiral antenna was used for sustaining the discharge.It was shown that efficiency of RF power absorption depended nonlinearly on the external magnetic field values.At maximal values of the RF power absorption efficiency,the axial distributions of longitudinal Bzand azimuthal Bφcomponents of RF magnetic field manifested the formation of the partially standing wave with a half wavelength close to 8 cm.At the same conditions,the axial dependence of the radial RF magnetic field component Brdiffered drastically.It was concluded that the Bz and Bφamplitudes were largely determined by the RF field of Trivelpiece-Gould wave,while Br amplitude represented the radial RF field of the helicon wave.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11405271)
文摘The effect of the radial density configuration in terms of width, edge gradient and volume gradient on the wave field and energy flow in an axially uniform helicon plasma is studied in detail. A three-parameter function is employed to describe the density, covering uniform,parabolic, linear and Gaussian profiles. It finds that the fraction of power deposition near the plasma edge increases with density width and edge gradient, and decays in exponential and ＂bumpon-tail＂ profiles, respectively, away from the surface. The existence of a positive second-order derivative in the volume density configuration promotes the power deposition near the plasma core, which to our best knowledge has not been pointed out before. The transverse structures of wave field and current density remain almost the same during the variation of density width and gradient, confirming the robustness of the m=1 mode observed previously. However, the structure of the electric wave field changes significantly from a uniform density configuration, for which the coupling between the Trivelpiece-Gould（TG） mode and the helicon mode is very strong, to non-uniform ones. The energy flow in the cross section of helicon plasma is presented for the first time, and behaves sensitive to the density width and edge gradient but insensitive to the volume gradient. Interestingly, the radial distribution of power deposition resembles the radial profile of the axial component of current density, suggesting the control of the power deposition profile in the experiment by particularly designing the antenna geometry to excite a required axial current distribution.
文摘采用自主编写的程序HWAP(helicon wave at plasma)模拟了双鞍型天线与均匀柱状螺旋波等离子体相互作用时耦合距离对功率沉积的影响。模拟结果表明:1)在一定实验条件下,双鞍型天线发射的波在等离子体中同时激发螺旋波和Trivelpiece-Gould(TG)波,控制天线耦合距离可改变TG波在等离子体边界附近的能量沉积分布;2)当天线耦合距离在一定范围内变化时(15.0~30.0 cm),耦合距离的大小能影响螺旋波和TG波在能量沉积过程中起的主导作用;3)当天线放置在等离子体中时,波在等离子体中沉积的总功率随耦合距离的增加而减少,当天线放置在等离子体边界和装置外壁之间时,总功率沉积先增加后减少,存在一个最佳耦合距离使功率沉积最大。
文摘The efficiency of radio-frequency(RF)power absorption,RF magnetic field structure and plasma parameters were measured in cylindrical inductive RF plasma sources 20 cm in diameter and 22,32,53 cm in length with a low value external magnetic field.The experiments were carried out in argon at pressures of 13-140 m Pa.The RF power supply changed from 200 W to 800 W.The spiral antenna was used for sustaining the discharge.It was shown that efficiency of RF power absorption depended nonlinearly on the external magnetic field values.At maximal values of the RF power absorption efficiency,the axial distributions of longitudinal Bzand azimuthal Bφcomponents of RF magnetic field manifested the formation of the partially standing wave with a half wavelength close to 8 cm.At the same conditions,the axial dependence of the radial RF magnetic field component Brdiffered drastically.It was concluded that the Bz and Bφamplitudes were largely determined by the RF field of Trivelpiece-Gould wave,while Br amplitude represented the radial RF field of the helicon wave.
