The influence of magnetic field and cathode dimensions on plasma characteristics in hollow cathode system

Abstract EN

Experimental study on the effect of cylindrical hollow cathode, working pressure and magnetic field on spatial glow distribution and the characteristics of plasma produced by dc discharge in Argon gas, were investigated by image analyses for the plume within the plasma.

It was found that the emission intensity appears as a periodic structure with many peaks appeared between the electrodes.

Increasing the pressure leads to increase the number of intensity peaks finally converted to continuous form at high pressure, especially with applied of magnetic field, i.e.

the plasma is more stable with the presence of magnetic field.

The emission intensity study of plasma showed that the intensity has a maximum value at 1.07 mbar pressure and decrease with more pressure.