Parameters and equilibrium profiles for large-area surface-wave sustained plasmas

Transmission of electromagnetic waves through a two-layer plasma structure with spatially nonuniform electron density

Transmission of a p-polarized electromagnetic wave through a two-layer plasma structure with spatially nonuniform distributions of electron density in the layers is studied. The case, when the electromagnetic wave is obliquely incident on the structure and is evanescent in both plasma layers, is considered. The conditions for total transparency of the two-layer structure are found for the thin slab case and when the plasma inhomogeneity is weak. It is shown that the transmission coefficient of the p-polarized wave can be about unity, even if the plasma inhomogeneity is large. The effects of plasma inhomogeneity on transparency of the structure are more important if the slabs are thick, comparing with the case of thin layers.

Low-pressure diffusion equilibrium of electronegative complex plasmas

A self-consistent fluid theory of complex electronegative colloidal plasmas in parallel-plate low-pressure discharge is presented. The self-organized low-pressure diffusion equilibrium is maintained through sources and sinks of electrons, positive and negative ions, in plasmas containing dust grains. It is shown that the colloidal dust grain subsystem strongly affects the stationary state of the discharge by dynamically modifying the electron temperature and particle creation and loss processes. The model accounts for ionization, ambipolar diffusion, electron and ion collection by the dusts, electron attachment, positive-ion-negative-ion recombination, and relevant elastic and inelastic collisions. The spatial profiles of electron and positive-ion-negative-ion number densities, electron temperature, and dust charge in electronegative SiH4 discharges are obtained for different grain size, input power, neutral gas pressure, and rates of negative-ion creation and loss.