Plasma sources for advanced semiconductor applications

O Versolato, I Kaganovich, K Bera, T Lill… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Semiconductors are the foundation of modern technology, used in our personal, industrial,
and military-grade devices. Every aspect of US society is closely tied to semiconductors, and …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray imaging and electron temperature evolution in laser-driven magnetic reconnection experiments at the national ignition facility

V Valenzuela-Villaseca, JM Molina, DB Schaeffer… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present results from x-ray imaging of high-aspect-ratio magnetic reconnection
experiments driven at the National Ignition Facility. Two parallel, self-magnetized, elongated …

Particle-in-cell simulations of expanding high energy density plasmas with laser ray tracing

KV Lezhnin, SR Totorica, AS Hyder… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The design and analysis of high energy density (HED) laser experiments typically rely on
radiation hydrodynamics simulations. However, some laser-plasma interaction regimes are …

Ion velocity separation mechanism during vacuum spark stage

M Song, H Zhang, Q Sun, W Yang… - Plasma Sources …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Supersonic ion jets produced in vacuum arc discharges have a wide range of applications,
where precise control of ion kinetic energy is crucial. However, a comprehensive …

Study on Tin Contamination Deposition Mechanism on Collector Mirror Surfaces in LPP-EUV Light Sources Based on Hydrodynamics and Particle Simulation Theory

W Shen, Q Lu, Y Song, X Gong, K Chai, S Li - Vacuum, 2025 - Elsevier
The surface of the laser-produced plasma EUV light source collector mirror can accumulate
tin contamination during operation. This contamination reduces reflectivity and disrupts the …

Ray-tracing laser-deposition model for plasma particle-in-cell simulation

A Hyder, W Fox, K Lezhnin, S Totorica - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.08543, 2024 - arxiv.org
We develop a ray-tracing model for laser-plasma interaction suitable for coupling in-line into
kinetic particle-in-cell plasma simulation. The model is based on inverse Bremsstrahlung …