RT Journal Article
T1 Experimental study of the electric field in a hollow cathode discharge in hydrogen: influence of sputtering
A1 González Fernández, Verónica
A1 Grützmacher, Klaus
A1 Pérez, Concha
A1 de la Rosa, Mª Inmaculada
AB Doppler-free two photon optogalvanic spectroscopy was employed in extensive studies to measure the electric field strength in the cathode fall region of a hollow cathode discharge (HCD), operated in pure hydrogen, via the Stark splitting of the 2S level of atomic hydrogen. The high quality measurements, based on an improved cathode design and laser spectroscopic set-up, reveal clear differences in the recorded spectra obtained for different cathode material (stainless steel and tungsten) at otherwise identical discharge conditions. It is well known, that the sputtering rate of tungsten is about four orders of magnitude less compared to stainless steel; hence the hydrogen plasma in front of the stainless steel cathode is much more contaminated by iron compared to tungsten. This study is focussed on analyzing the distortion of the spectra, i.e. the corresponding local electric field strength, depending on cathode material and laser power. We refer the more pronounced distortion of the spectra in case of a stainless steel cathode to the related large contamination of the hydrogen plasma due to atomic iron which is also expanding into the central discharge. Spectra recorded for different laser power, i.e. different spectral irradiance, allow verifying spectroscopic conditions, where the distortion of the spectra becomes quite negligible even for stainless steel cathode.
PB IOP Publishing Ltd.
SN 1748-0221
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99494
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99494
LA eng
NO V. Gonzalez-Fernandez et al 2017 JINST 12 C11029
NO Gonzalez-Fernandez, V., et al. «Experimental study of the electric field in a hollow cathode discharge in hydrogen: influence of sputtering». Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 12, n.o 11, noviembre de 2017, pp. C11029-C11029. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/11/C11029.
NO Received: September 15, 2017; Revised: November 6, 2017; Accepted: November 7, 2017; Published: November 27, 201718th International Symposium on Laser-Aided Plasma Diagnostics. 24–28 September 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025