Balmer-alpha and Balmer-beta Stark line intensity profiles for high-power hydrogen inductively coupled plasmas

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/7/075201

Abstract We compare Balmer-alpha (H_α) and Balmer-beta (H_β) emissions from high-power (1.0-6.0 kW) hydrogen inductively coupled plasmas (ICPs), and propose region I (0.0-2.0 kW), region Ⅱ (2.0-5.0 kW), and region Ⅲ (5.0-6.0 kW). In region I, both H_α emission intensity (I_α) and H_β emission intensity (I_β) increase with radio frequency (RF) power, which is explained by the corona model and Boltzmann's law, etc. However, in region Ⅱ, I_α almost remains constant while I_β rapidly achieves its maximum value. In region Ⅲ, I_α slightly increases with RF power, while I_β decreases with RF power, which deviates significantly from the theoretical explanation for the H_α and H_β emissions in region I. It is suggested that two strong electric fields are generated in high-power (2.0-6.0 kW) hydrogen ICPs: one is due to the external electric field of high-power RF discharge, and the other one is due to the micro electric field of the ions and electrons around the exited state hydrogen atoms in ICPs. Therefore, the strong Stark effect can play an important role in explaining the experimental results.

Keywords: high-power radio frequency plasma H_α and H_β spectral lines in hydrogen ICPs Stark effect

Received: 12 October 2013
Revised: 17 March 2014
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PACS:	52.27.Gr	(Strongly-coupled plasmas)
	52.27.-h	(Basic studies of specific kinds of plasmas)

Fund: Project supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011GB108011 and 2010GB103001) and the Major International (Regional) Project Cooperation and Exchanges (Grant No. 11320101005).

Corresponding Authors: Lei Guang-Jiu, Liu Dong-Ping
E-mail: gjlei@swip.ac.cn;dongping.liu@dlnu.edu.cn

About author: 52.27.Gr; 52.27.-h

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Wang Song-Bai (王松柏), Lei Guang-Jiu (雷光玖), Liu Dong-Ping (刘东平), Yang Si-Ze (杨思泽) Balmer-alpha and Balmer-beta Stark line intensity profiles for high-power hydrogen inductively coupled plasmas 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 075201

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