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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
We demonstrate that the sheath created adjacent to the surface of a negatively biased electrode that interfaces an insulator acts as a lens that focuses the positive ions to distinct regions on the surface. Thus, the positive ion flux is discrete, leading to the formation of a passive surface, of no ion impact, near the edge and an active surface at the center. Trajectories of positive ions within the sheath are obtained by solving in three dimensions the Poisson equation for electrodes of different geometry. Simulations are confirmed by developing the ion flux profile on the electrode surface as the sputtering pattern produced by ion impact. Measurements are performed in a dc plasma produced in Ar gas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1539-3755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
036407
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Discrete focusing effect of positive ions by a plasma-sheath lens.
pubmed:affiliation
Nagoya University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article