X rays in electron-cyclotron-resonance processing plasmas
- 8 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 60 (23) , 2856-2858
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.106846
Abstract
Electron-cyclotron-resonance processing plasmas have been shown to produce low-energy x rays. X radiation was detected in nitrogen and CF4 plasmas from energies of 1–17 keV for microwave powers up to 1000 W. The x-ray flux decreased with increasing pressure over the range of 0.5–3.5 mTorr. Temperatures of the hot electrons responsible for creating the x rays were estimated from the slopes of the x-ray spectra and decreased with increasing pressure. The measured x-ray flux decreased substantially when the magnetic field configuration was changed. Measurable x radiation is produced whenever a field line that passes through the cyclotron resonance surface intersects the vacuum chamber walls and/or other solid surfaces inside the source chamber.Keywords
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