DOE OSTI · 2586612
Multimodal azimuthal oscillations in electron beam generated E×B plasma
Abstract
Electron beam (e-beam) generated plasmas with applied crossed electric and magnetic (E×B) fields are promising for low-damage material processing. However, these plasmas can be subject to the formation of azimuthally propagating structures that enhance the radial transport of energetic charged species, which can harm the gentle processing capability of the plasma. In this work, we investigate the azimuthal structure formation in an e-beam generated E×B plasma using experimental diagnostics and 2D3V particle-in-cell simulations. Our findings demonstrate the formation of multiple simultaneously occurring azimuthally propagating modes that exhibit nontrivial radial dependence. It is suggested that the multimodal azimuthal spectrum is caused in part by the radial outflow of ions in the plasma.
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Chopra, Nirbhav Singh [Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)] (ORCID:0000000344077395), Zadeh, Mina Papahn [Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)] (ORCID:0000000164230778), Tyushev, Mikhail [Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)] (ORCID:0000000211461633), Smolyakov, Andrei [Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)] (ORCID:0000000249752743), Likhanskii, Alexandre [Applied Materials Inc, Gloucester, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0009000376661956), Raitses, Yevgeny [Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)] (ORCID:0000000293829963). 2025-07-21. Multimodal azimuthal oscillations in electron beam generated E×B plasma. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0273397
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