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Comparison of some basic plasma parameters and discharge characteristics of planar magnetron sputtering discharges in argon and neon

Petrov et al., 1990

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Petrov I
Ivanov I
Orlinov V
Kourtev J
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A comparative investigation is carried out of the discharge characteristics (current‐voltage characteristic and dependence of the running voltage on the gas pressure at constant discharge current), as well as of some plasma parameters (electron temperature, floating …
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