Electric field distribution in the cathode sheath of an electron beam glow discharge
Date
1987
Authors
Lee, S. A., author
Andersen, L.-U. A., author
Rocca, Jorge, J., author
Marconi, Mario Carlos, author
Reesor, N. D., author
American Institute of Physics, publisher
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Abstract
We have measured the electric field distribution in the cathode sheath of an electron beam He glow discharge. Laser saturation spectroscopy was used to determine the quadratic Stark shift produced by the electric field. The experimental results are in good agreement with the calculations of a collisional model of the cathode sheath.
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helium
Stark effect
electron beams
glow discharges
plasma sheath
cathodes