Long-term spatio-temporal evolution of the dust distribution in dusty argon rf plasmas

• Published in: Plasma sources science & technology Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 55004 - 55010
• Main Authors: Killer, Carsten, Greiner, Franko, Groth, Sebastian, Tadsen, Benjamin, Melzer, André
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.10.2016
• Subjects: computed tomography; dusty plasma; nanoparticles

The 3D dust distribution in dense dust clouds confined in argon rf plasmas is measured by a computed tomography (CT) technique based on the extinction of visible light. On the one hand, clouds of micron-sized particles were created by injecting standardized plastic particles into the plasma. On the...