ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
This paper reviews the results obtained in this laboratory in experimental studies of volume H− ion sources. Two techniques are discussed, emission spectroscopy and vacuum ultraviolet laser absorption spectroscopy. Time-resolved detection of Balmer-alpha emission has been used to study the excited-state hydrogen atom population. Vacuum ultraviolet laser absorption spectroscopy has been used to measure the ground electronic state atomic and molecular hydrogen populations. The Balmer-alpha emission exhibits a modulation in the intensity at a frequency of twice the exciting rf radiation. On the other hand, the laser absorption measurements show that the density of ground-state hydrogen atoms does not vary significantly with the phase of the exciting rf. Measurements of the vibrational population summed over all rotational states give a vibrational temperature of 6200 K. However, there is no evidence of the "plateau'' predicted in the distribution for v≥5.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1144979
