<正> Local measurement of plasma radial uniformity was performed in a dual frequencycapacitively coupled argon plasma (DF-CCP)reactor using an optical probe.The optical probecollects the light emission from a small separate volume in plasma,thus enabling to diagnosethe plasma uniformity for different experimental parameters.Both the gas pressure and the lowfrequency(LF)power have apparent effects on the radial uniformity of argon plasma.With theincrease in either pressure or LF power,the emission profiles changed from a bell-shaped to adouble-peak distribution.The influence of a fused-silica ring around the electrodes on the plasmauniformity was also studied using the optical probe.Possible reasons that result in nonuniformplasmas in our experiments are discussed.
Local measurement of plasma radial uniformity was performed in a dual frequency capacitively coupled argon plasma (DF-CCP) reactor using an optical probe. The optical probe collects the light emission from a small separate volume in plasma, thus enabling to diagnose the plasma uniformity for different experimental parameters. Both the gas pressure and the low- frequency (LF) power have apparent effects on the radial uniformity of argon plasma. With the increase in either pressure or LF power, the emission profiles changed from a bell-shaped to a double-peak distribution. The influence of a fused-silica ring around the electrodes on the plasma uniformity was also studied using the optical probe. Possible reasons that result in nonuniform plasmas in our experiments are discussed.