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@INPROCEEDINGS{Ertmer:891717,
author = {Ertmer, Stephan and Marchuk, Oleksandr and Brezinsek,
Sebastijan and Dickheuer, Sven Oliver and Mertens, Philippe
and Rasinski, Marcin and Kreter, Arkadi},
title = {{E}nergy and atomic level distribution of sputtered
tungsten determined by high-resolution optical spectroscopy},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01691},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Energy and atomic level distribution of sputtered tungsten
determined by high-resolution spectroscopy S. Ertmer, O.
Marchuk, S. Dickheuer, S. Brezinsek, Ph. Mertens, M.
Rasinski, and A. KreterForschungszentrum Jülich GmbH -
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung -Plasmaphysik,
Partner of the Trilateral Euregio Cluster (TEC), 52425
Jülich, Germanys.ertmer@fz-juelich.deTungsten (W) is
proposed as plasma-facing material (PFM) in the divertor and
in the main chamber of future fusion devices. The lifetime
of the PFM is mainly determined by erosion; passive
spectroscopy is a very powerful, reliable and cheap in-situ
diagnostic tool to monitor the W gross erosion. One of the
unresolved problems related to physical sputtering of W by
ion impact in the energy range of 100-200 eV remains the
initial energy level population distribution of the W atoms.
A further unresolved problem is that until now there are
considerable deviations between the modelled and
experimentally observed energy and angular distribution of
sputtered W [1,2]. Both problems are addressed in this work
using spectroscopy with high spatial and spectral resolution
in the linear plasma device PSI-2 [3].For measurements of
the population distribution of sputtered W atoms within the
ground state (5D0) and the first excited levels, e.g. the
quintet 5DJ (J=1,..4) and the metastable level 7S3, a target
was exposed to an argon plasma (electron temperature Te = 2
eV; electron density ne = 1∙1012 cm-3). The ions were
accelerated via applying a bias voltage onto the target to
kinetic energies Ei between 100 and 200 eV. The line
intensities in front of the target for neutral W I lines
were investigated by an imaging spectrometer in the
Czerny-Turner configuration (resolving power λ/Δλ ≈
3∙104) with a high spatial resolution of 50 µm/px [4].
The development of the emission of W I lines in front of the
target was tested against the lifetime of W I levels
populated by electron impact. It was found that for a target
at room temperature the W atoms are sputtered in the ground
state 5D0, whereas the other levels 5DJ>0 and 7S3 get
populated deeper in the plasma. The energy distribution
function of sputtered W atoms is obtained from the Doppler
shift affected line shape of the W I line (5D0-7F1) detected
perpendicularly to the target surface by a high resolution
Echelle spectrometer (λ/Δλ ≈ 7∙105). The model of the
Doppler-shifted emission at the surface [5] was extended to
take into account the Zeeman splitting and instrumental
broadening of spectral lines [6]. The data for W is in a
very good agreement with the Thompson energy distribution
function featuring an increase in the high energy tail with
increasing impact energy of the incident Ar+ ions. Moreover,
this method determines in-situ the optical reflectance of
the target at specific wavelengths, which impacts the
measured net emission. We demonstrate here for the first
time that high spectral resolution spectroscopy of sputtered
atoms in combination with polarisation measurements close to
the pseudo-Brewster angels can be used for surface
morphology studies independently of other diagnostics.[1]
Stepanova M et al, 2001 J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 19 2805[2]
Nishijima D et al, 2011 J. Nucl. Mater 415 96–99 [3]
Kreter A et al, 2015 Fusion Sci. Technol. 68 8–14 [4]
Marchuk O et al, 2018 J Phys B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51
025702 (19pp)[5] Dickheuer S et al, 2019 Physics of Plasmas
26, 073513 [6] Ertmer S. et al, Phys. Scr. B (to be
published)},
month = {Jan},
date = {2021-01-25},
organization = {24th International Conference on
Plasma Surface Interactions in
Controlled Fusion Devices (PSI 2020),
virtuell (virtuell), 25 Jan 2021 - 29
Jan 2021},
cin = {IEK-4},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-4-20101013},
pnm = {134 - Plasma-Wand-Wechselwirkung (POF4-134)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-134},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/891717},
}