Self-bias voltage formation and charged particle dynamics in multi-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas
arXiv:2105.01890 · doi:10.1063/5.0055444
Abstract
In this work, we analyze the creation of the discharge asymmetry and the concomitant formation of the DC self-bias voltage in capacitively coupled radio frequency plasmas driven by multi-frequency waveforms, as a function of the electrode surface characteristics. For this latter, we consider and vary the coefficients that characterize the elastic reflection of the electrons from the surfaces and the ion-induced secondary electron yield. Our investigations are based on Particle-in-Cell/Monte Carlo Collision simulations of the plasma and on a model that aids the understanding of the computational results. Electron reflection from the electrodes is found to affect slightly the discharge asymmetry in the presence of multi-frequency excitation, whereas secondary electrons cause distinct changes to the asymmetry of the plasma as a function of the phase angle between the harmonics of the driving voltage waveform and as a function the number of these harmonics.
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