Jena 2013 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik

P 13: Theorie und Modellierung von Niedertemperaturplasmen I

P 13.3: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2013, 12:15–12:30, HS 3

Ionization by bulk heating of electrons in capacitive radio frequency atmospheric pressure microplasmas — •Julian Schulze¹, Torben Hemke¹, Denis Eremin¹, Thomas Mussenbrock¹, Aranka Derzsi², Zoltan Donko², Kristian Dittmann³, and Jürgen Meichsner³ — ¹Ruhr-University Bochum — ²Hungarian Academy of Sciences — ³University of Greifswald

Electron heating and ionization dynamics in capacitively coupled radio frequency (RF) atmospheric pressure microplasmas operated in helium are investigated by particle-in-cell simulations and semi-analytical modeling [1]. A strong heating of electrons and ionization in the plasma bulk due to high bulk electric fields are observed at distinct times within the RF period. Based on the model the electric field is identified to be a drift field caused by a low electrical conductivity due to the high electron-neutral collision frequency at atmospheric pressure. Thus, the ionization is mainly caused by ohmic heating in this Ω-mode. The phase of strongest bulk electric field and ionization is affected by the driving voltage amplitude, which determines the resistivity of the discharge via its effect on the plasma density. Significant analogies to electronegative low-pressure macroscopic discharges operated in the drift-ambipolar mode are found, where similar mechanisms induced by a high electronegativity instead of a high collision frequency have been identified [2]. [1] T. Hemke et al. (2013) Plasma Sourc. Sci. Technol. accepted [2] J. Schulze et al. (2011) Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 275001