• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 11, 115201-1 (2020)
Wen-Qiu Li1、2、3、*, Bin Zhao1, Gang Wang1、3, and Dong Xiang4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, New Jersey 08543, USA
  • 3School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Beijing Institute of Aerospace Micro-electromechanical Technology, Beijing 100094, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20200062 Cite this Article
    Wen-Qiu Li, Bin Zhao, Gang Wang, Dong Xiang. Parametric analysis of mode coupling and liner energy deposition properties of helicon and Trivelpiece-Gould waves in helicon plasma[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(11): 115201-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Based on the finite temperature plasma dielectric tensor model which contains the particle thermal effect, by numerically solving the eigenmode dispersion relation of electromagnetic waves propagating in radially uniform and magnetized warm plasma column which is surrounded by conducting boundary, the mode coupling characteristic and liner damping mechanism induced wave power deposition properties of helicon and Trivelpiece-Gould (TG) waves are parametrically analyzed. The detailed investigations show as follows. Under typical helicon plasma parameter conditions, i.e. wave frequency ω/(2π) = 13.56 MHz, ion temperature is much smaller than electron temperature, for the helicon wave, there exist a cut-off magnetic field B0,H,cutoff and a cut-off plasma density n0,H,cutoff, for which under the conditions of B0 > B0,H,cutoff or n0 < n0,H,cutoff, the helicon wave becomes an evanescent wave. When the magnetic field intensity changes from 48.4 to 484 G, i.e., ω/ωce ranges from 0.01 to 0.1, for the power deposition intensity, Landau damping of TG wave dominates for the m = 0 mode, meanwhile, for the m = 1 mode, which wave, i.e. helicon wave or TG wave, plays a major role in power deposition mainly depends on the magnitude of the magnetic field. On the other hand, for a given magnetic field B0 = 100 G, when ωpe/ωce changes from 3 to 100, for both the m = 0 mode and the m = 1 mode, the power deposition induced by Landau damping of TG wave plays a major role, further, one may notice that the power deposition of TG wave decreases while the power deposition of the helicon wave increases as plasma density increases. Finally, for both the m = 0 mode and the m = 1 mode, the power deposition due to the Landau damping plays a dominant role. All these conclusions provide us with some useful clues to better understanding the high ionization mechanism of helicon wave discharges.
    Wen-Qiu Li, Bin Zhao, Gang Wang, Dong Xiang. Parametric analysis of mode coupling and liner energy deposition properties of helicon and Trivelpiece-Gould waves in helicon plasma[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(11): 115201-1
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