1. Experimental evidence of warm electron populations in magnetron sputtering plasmas.
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Sahu, B. B., Han, Jeon G., Kim, Hye R., Ishikawa, K., and Hori, M.
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ELECTRONS , *MAGNETRON sputtering , *ELECTRIC discharges , *MAGNETIC traps , *METHODS in emission spectroscopy , *COLLISIONLESS plasmas , *LANDAU damping - Abstract
This work report on the results obtained using the Langmuir probe (LP) measurements in high-power dc magnetron sputtering discharges. Data show clear evidence of two electron components, such as warm and bulk electrons, in the sputtering plasma in a magnetic trap. We have also used optical emission spectroscopy diagnostic method along with LP to investigate the plasma production. Data show that there is a presence of low-frequency oscillations in the 2-3MHz range, which are expected to be generated by high-frequency waves. Analysis also suggests that the warm electrons, in the plasmas, can be formed due to the collisionless Landau damping of the bulk electrons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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