Two N2+(B2?u+) populations with different Boltzmann distribution of the rotational levels found in different types of N2/Ar discharges?improved estimation of the neutral gas temperature
Two N2+(B2?u+) populations with different Boltzmann distribution of the rotational levels found in different types of N2/Ar discharges?improved estimation of the neutral gas temperature
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10.1088/0022-3727/37/14/008
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2004-07
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V. Linss;H. Kupfer;S. Peter;F. Richter
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V. Linss;H. Kupfer;S. Peter;F. Richter
We investigated the rotational excitation of the nitrogen molecule ion in a pulsed magnetron sputter discharge (Mg target, pressure 0.1–2.0 Pa) and a 150 Pa dc glow discharge in dependence on various process parameters. For this purpose we used optical emission spectroscopy of the 0–0 band of the first negative system of the (FNS0–0) and calculated the rotational temperature by fitting the spectra. Often, the best fit could be achieved assuming two populations of the molecules having two different rotational temperatures. These temperatures and their contributions to the spectrum of the FNS0–0 show a significant dependence on the process parameters. The lower temperature is in the range of 370–800 K and is believed to be equal to the translational temperature of the neutral gas. The higher temperature is in the order of 1500–3000 K and its origin is most probably the excitation of the state by heavy particle impact connected with rotational excitation.