Applied Plasma Physics 

Instructor: Professor Tae Hun Chung 

Week

Class Description

Homework

 

 

 

Week 1

What is plasma? Examples of plasma   

 

  HW#1

Plasma  fundamentals :

 

Week 2 -3

 quasineutrality and Debye length, plasma frequency, Maxwellian distribution, flux and sheath

HW#2 

 

 

Collisions in plasmas:

 

Week 4 -5

collision cross sections and mean free path, ionization and excitation cross sections, Coulomb cross section, resistivity, mobility, diffusion, ambipolar diffusion

 HW#3

 

Fluid description of plasma:

 

Week 6-7

continuity equation, momentum transfer equation, energy balance equation

HW#4

Week 8

RF conductivity and power absorption

Week 9-10

Processing fundamentals and capactive source  

Week 11

Inductively coupled plasmas

 

Week 12

Electron Cyclotron Resonance(ECR) sources

HW#5

Week 13

Modeling of plasma source 

Week 14

Characteristics of DC discharges;

HW#6

 

  Paschen curve, I-V characteristics

 

Week 15

Microdischarge and Plasma Display Panel

HW#7

Week 16

Final Exam