Title : 
Three-dimensional fields and temperatures in a squat helicon reactor
         
        
            Author : 
Kinder, Ronald L. ; Kushner, Mark J.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Magnetically enhanced inductively coupled plasmas (MEICP) and helicons have complex plasma electric-field coupling between the electric field and the plasma due to the tensor conductivity and multiple-dimensional antenna segments. Computed three-dimensional electric fields and electron temperatures are presented for a helicon reactor demonstrating azimuthal asymmetries and rotations of the electric field. The electron temperature peaks near the axial antenna segments upstream and aligns with the azimuthal electric field downstream
         
        
            Keywords : 
antennas in plasma; plasma devices; plasma temperature; axial antenna segments; azimuthal asymmetry; azimuthal electric field; complex plasma electric-field coupling; electric field; electron temperature; helicon reactor; magnetically enhanced inductively coupled plasmas; multiple-dimensional antenna segments; squat helicon reactor; temperature; tensor conductivity; three-dimensional electric fields; three-dimensional fields; Antennas and propagation; Coils; Electrons; Inductors; Magnetic fields; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TPS.2002.1003960