Journal article
A Method for Measuring Fast Time Evolutions of the Plasma Potential by Means of a Simple Emissive Probe
A method is presented for obtaining the temporal evolution of the plasma potential, which is assumed to be given by the floating potential of a simple emissive probe. The construction of the probe is also described. The method avoids the slow time response of the usual technique where the floating potential is measured across a high resistance.
During each sweep of the probe voltage, the changing of the sign of the probe current, which is sampled at a specific time, gives rise to a negative pulse, driving the pen-lift of an X-Y recorder. Since the real floating potential is measured where the probe current is zero, the disturbance of the plasma is kept as low as possible.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 1981 |
Pages: | 1291-1295 |
ISSN: | 20515685 , 00223735 and 09570233 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1088/0022-3735/14/11/017 |
ORCIDs: | Michelsen, Poul and Juul Rasmussen, Jens |