AVS 49th International Symposium
    Plasma Science Tuesday Sessions
       Session PS-TuP

Paper PS-TuP7
Laser Thomson Scattering Diagnostics of Plasmas near Material Surfaces

Tuesday, November 5, 2002, 5:30 pm, Room Exhibit Hall B2

Session: Plasma Applications
Presenter: Hassaballa Safwat, Kyushu University, Japan
Authors: K. Muraoka, Kyushu University, Japan
K. Uchino, Kyushu University, Japan
Y. Yamagata, Kyushu University, Japan
Hassaballa Safwat, Kyushu University, Japan
Correspondent: email address not available
Laser Thomson scattering is a well established technique for measuring electron density and temperature of high temperature plasmas. During the last decade, the applicable range of the technique has been expanded to measurements of electron properties, not only electron temperature and density, but more generally eedf itself, of glow discharge plasmas by using data accumulation and photon counting technique.@footnote 1@ It is presently being further expanded to diagnose plasmas near material surfaces of less than 100 microns. This should enable us to study plasmas of interest for barrier discharges used for plasma display panel. In addition, this will make possible to study, for example, cathode sheath phenomena, where electron drifts away from the cathode should be directly detectable. The potential of this new development is discussed. @FootnoteText@@footnote 1@K. Muraoka et al., Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. (to be published).