霍尔推力器放电通道溅射腐蚀计算

 为了预示霍尔推力器的寿命,建立了推力器粒子束放电通道的2维电磁场模型,模拟的推进剂为氙。利用PIC方法跟踪粒子在电磁场中的运动。磁场的求解采用拉普拉斯方程,电场的求解采用泊松方程。电子由阴极喷入通道,并在电磁场中与原子发生电离碰撞生成离子。在跟踪离子的过程中记录下撞击到内外壁面的离子个数、角度和能量。利用记录下的参数进行腐蚀计算,得到当溅射阈值能量分别为10,20,30,40,50 eV时通道壁面的腐蚀速率。推力器放电通道出口附近的最大腐蚀速率约为1.7×10^-9 m/s。     

圆柱形阳极层霍尔等离子体加速器的质点网格方法模拟

对圆柱形阳极层霍尔加速器内的放电等离子体运用二维质点网格方法（particle in cell）进行数值模拟,用蒙特卡罗碰撞方法处理带电粒子与中性粒子之间的碰撞. 得到了放电通道内离子与电子的分布以及离子流的运动,并且对出口外侧的能量分布进行了统计. 结果发现圆柱形阳极层等离子体加速器的磁场对电子有明显的约束作用,电子集中于阳极附近很小的区域内. 由于电磁场的特殊分布,离子流呈现出双峰式的分布. 离子能量范围从放电电压的20%到接近放电电压,平均能量在放电电压的40%—50%之间. 关键词： 质点网格方法 蒙特卡罗碰撞 数值模拟 阳极层霍尔等离子体加速器     

磁子霍尔效应

霍尔效应是凝聚态领域中古老却又极具潜力的研究领域,其起源可以追溯到数百年前. 1879年,霍尔发现将载流导体置于磁场中时,磁场带来的洛伦兹力将使得电子在导体的一侧积累,这一新奇的物理现象被命名为霍尔效应.之后,一系列新的霍尔效应被发现,包括反常霍尔效应、量子霍尔效应、自旋霍尔效应、拓扑霍尔效应和平面霍尔效应等.值得注意的是,霍尔效应能够实现不同方向的粒子流之间的相互转化,因此在信息传输过程中扮演着重要的角色.在玻色子体系(如磁子)中,相应的一系列磁子霍尔效应也被发现,他们共同推动了以磁子为基础的自旋电子学的发展.本文回顾了近年来在磁子体系中的霍尔效应,简述其现代半经典的处理方法,包括虚拟电磁场理论和散射理论等.并进一步介绍了磁子霍尔效应的物理起源,概述了不同类型磁子的霍尔效应.最后,对磁子霍尔效应的发展趋势进行了展望.     

双阳极霍尔推力器效率及推力的模拟研究

为确定双阳极霍尔推力器中阳极电压分布对推力器效率及推力的影响，采用PIC三维数值模拟对双阳极结构霍尔推力器的放电过程进行了模拟。基于垂直分布的双阳极结构，得到了放电后离子羽流分布以及电子在放电区域的分布。通过对放电状态的模拟，计算得到了不同工况下的推力以及效率。在双阳极结构中第二阳极的电压增加会增大离子能量，但将影响电子约束，而过高的电压将引起电子密度减小。推力随着霍尔电流的增大而增大，但效率会随之减小，导致在提升推力的同时损失效率。     

真空背压对霍尔推力器放电特性影响的实验研究

真空背压的变化会改变进入霍尔推力器放电通道内的背景气体量,对工质的电离、电子的传导等物理过程产生影响,从而进一步影响到推力器的宏观放电特性.为分析真空背压对推力器放电的影响规律,通过向真空罐输入流量可控的氪气改变真空背压,在不同真空背压下测量通道内原子、离子的发光特性以及出口处离子流的伏安特性.分析结果表明:背景气体返流对通道内工质放电过程具有全局性的影响,提高背压会使通道内的电子温度降低、电离效率降低,并会在通道内形成一个新的电离区,且背压越高,该电离区距推力器阳极越近.     

纳米金属Tm的电子浓度研究

电子浓度是与金属的宏观特性相关的重要参数.反射光谱和霍尔效应分别是得出电子浓度和载流子浓度的基本实验.两个纳米稀土金属铥Tm样品(样品1,平均粒径100nm,样品2,平均粒径10nm)的红外---紫外反射光谱实验表明,金属铥Tm表面的反射光学性质具有金属的特征,6s能带具有与碱金属相近的电子浓度n_p,数值分别为2.434×10²⁸/m³和1.701×10²⁸/m³.而样品的霍尔效应实验测得金属Tm的载流子是电子-空穴型的,载流子浓度n_H仅分别为8.032×10²⁴/m³和7.679×10²⁴/m³,仅仅是费米面附近的电子-空穴状态.另外,铥Tm的电导率比半导体的大3个量级.晶粒纳米化使电子浓度n_p减小,电导率σ减小,载流子浓度减小,而霍尔系数R_H增大.     

利用霍尔效应研究热退火对黑硅材料电学性质的影响

利用霍尔效应测量了不同温度热退火后的黑硅的霍尔系数、载流子浓度、载流子迁移率和电导率.随着热退火温度的升高,黑硅内载流子的浓度缓慢下降,载流子迁移率却同步增加,这说明黑硅内载流子散射的主要形式是电离杂质散射.     

霍尔推力器中呼吸振荡激发机理及影响因素

呼吸振荡作为霍尔推力器中的一种低频、大振幅放电不稳定性,对推力器的性能及寿命有严重的影响.本文利用包含了离子径向扩散和电子壁面相互作用的双区“捕食者-被捕食者”(Predator-Prey, P-P)模型,对霍尔推力器中呼吸振荡的激发机理和影响因素开展了研究.研究结果表明,电子与壁面之间相互作用导致的能量耗散对呼吸振荡有抑制作用,而近阳极区的离子径向扩散对呼吸振荡有激发作用.依赖于近阳极区的离子径向扩散强度,模式振荡频率以及放电电流的振荡峰值呈现非单调变化的趋势.此外,在推力器放电通道长度一定的情况下,呼吸振荡的激发与电离区长度的变化无关,而振荡的频率(周期)随着电离区长度的增大而增大(减小).本文的研究结果将为霍尔推力器中呼吸振荡激发机理的认识以及呼吸振荡抑制新方法的提出提供理论支撑.     

电离效率对激光电离团簇的高价离子产物的影响

纳秒激光与团簇相互作用产生高价离子逐渐成为分子物理界的热点之一, 为了深入研究团簇电离的本质, 本文以分子结构相似、元素组成相同的苯、环己烯和环己烷的分子团簇为对象, 利用飞行时间质谱研究了其与5 ns的532 nm激光相互作用时电离产物的价态和强度分布. 结果表明: 这三种化合物多光子电离效率苯>环己烯>环己烷, 但其高价离子的价态和比值苯是最低的, 环己烷的碳离子最高价态为4价, C³⁺和C²⁺的比值为1.1; 环己烯电离产物C³⁺和C²⁺ 的比值降低为0.6; 苯团簇的最高价态只有3价, C³⁺和C²⁺的比值约为0.4. 引起这种现象的原因可以归结于高的多光子电离效率会导致团簇多位点的电离, 引起团簇在电子加热到发生碰撞电离之前发生解离, 减小了团簇的尺寸, 进而减少了离子发生碰撞电离产生高价离子的反应时间, 最终阻碍了高价态离子的产生.     

电子温度各向异性对霍尔推力器中等离子体与壁面相互作用的影响

为进一步揭示霍尔推力器放电通道饱和电子温度高达50—60 eV的原因,利用二维粒子模拟方法研究了霍尔推力器中电子温度各向异性对等离子体与壁面相互作用的影响,统计了等离子体与壁面相互作用的重要物理量,如电子与壁面的碰撞频率、通道电子在壁面的能量沉积及二次电子对通道电子的冷却.结果表明,当电子温度较低时,电子温度各向异性对等离子体与壁面相互作用的影响较小;当电子温度大于24 eV时,等离子体与壁面相互作用明显增强,并且电子温度各向异性会显著地降低电子与壁面的碰撞频率,减小电子在壁面的能量沉积,减弱鞘层对通道电子的冷却效应.电子温度的各向异性通过减弱通道电子与壁面的相互作用,有利于提高霍尔推力器放电通道的饱和电子温度.     

Effect of permanent magnet configuration on discharge characteristics in cylindrical Hall thrusters

Magnetic field design is important in cylindrical Hall thrusters and using permanent magnets to generate magnetic field is very promising in the future. In two typical permanent magnet configurations (i.e., ring and cylindrical configurations) of cylindrical Hall thrusters, discharge characteristics are compared in this paper through the experiments and simulations. The study shows that the cylindrical configuration can bring about higher thruster performance in the same working condition. The reason is that the potential drop of the cylindrical configuration is mainly concentrated in the channel, which is beneficial for the electrons to obtain energy to promote the ionization of the propellant. However, the voltage regulation range of the cylindrical configuration is lower because the anode is more easily overheated.     

Spatial evolution of the generation and relaxation of excited carriers near the breakdown of the quantum Hall effect

We have measured the generation and relaxation of excited carriers along their drift direction near the breakdown of the quantum Hall effect (QHE). The dissipative resistivity ρ_xx(x) at current densities close to the critical value for the QHE breakdown was measured as a function of the distance x from the electron injection at x=0. By injecting “cold” electrons into constrictions at supercritical current levels, the evolution of the breakdown along the drift direction was monitored. After a smooth increase of the resistivity with the drifting distance, an avalanche-like rise towards a saturation value occurs. Drastic changes of the resistivity profiles with the applied current were found in a narrow range around the critical current. The observed behavior is attributed to impurity-assisted tunneling between Landau levels. By injecting hot electrons (excited in a periodic set of constrictions) into a region with subcritical current density, the relaxation process was analyzed. Inelastic relaxation lengths with typical values in the range from 0.3 to 4 μm were found, which agree within 10% with the elastic mean free path determined from the Hall mobility at zero magnetic field. We conclude that the energy relaxation process is triggered by scattering at impurity potentials.     

磁场梯度对Hall推力器放电特性影响的实验研究

为进一步探索Hall推力器通道内磁场优化设计理论,通过实验分析了强场区磁场梯度对推进剂的电离与加速等放电过程的影响. 研究发现,在本实验设计的磁场梯度范围内,磁场梯度大小对推进剂的电离过程影响较小,但是对离子流的加速特性会产生较为明显的影响.随着磁场梯度的增加,离子束的能量分布会趋于集中,推力器效率提高. 最后,对磁场轴向梯度进一步变大可能会引起的一系列物理问题如有限Larmor半径效应、电子传导机理转变规律和梯度漂移效应等进行了分析和思考.     

Detection of hidden localized states by the quantum Hall effect in graphene

We fabricated a monolayer graphene transistor device in the shape of the Hall-bar structure, which produced an exactly symmetric signal following the sample geometry. During electrical characterization, the device showed the standard integer quantum Hall effect of monolayer graphene except for a broader range of several quantum Hall plateaus corresponding to small filling factors in the electron region. We investigated this anomaly on the basis of localized states owing to the presence of possible electron traps, whose energy levels were estimated to be near the Dirac point. In particular, the inequality between the filling of electrons and holes was ascribed to the requirement of excess electrons to fill the trap levels. The relations between the quantum Hall plateau, Landau level, and filling factor were carefully analyzed to reveal the details of the localized states in this graphene device.     

The Effect of Magnetic Mirror on Near Wall Conductivity in Hall Thrusters

The effect of magnetic mirror on near wall conductivity is studied in the acceleration region of Hall thrusters. The electron dynamics process in the plasma is described by test particle method, in which electrons are randomly emitted from the centerline towards the inner wall of the channel. It is found that the effective collision coefficient, i.e. the rate of electrons colliding with the wall, changes dramatically with the magnetic mirror effect being considered; and that it decreases further with the increase of magnetic mirror ratio to enhance the electron mobility accordingly. In particular, under anistropic electron velocity distribution conditions, the magnetic mirror effect becomes even more prominent. Furthermore, due to decrease in magnetic mirror ratio from the exhaust plane to the anode in Hall thrusters, the axial gradient of electron mobility with magnetic mirror effect is greater than without it. The magnetic mirror effects on electron mobility are derived analytically and the results are found in agreement with the simulation. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Widths of the Hall Conductance Plateaus

We study the charge transport of the noninteracting electron gas in a two-dimensional quantum Hall system with Anderson-type impurities at zero temperature. We prove that there exist localized states of the bulk order in the disordered-broadened Landau bands whose energies are smaller than a certain value determined by the strength of the uniform magnetic field. We also prove that, when the Fermi level lies in the localization regime, the Hall conductance is quantized to the desired integer and shows the plateau of the bulk order for varying the filling factor of the electrons rather than the Fermi level.     

Numerical study on the electron-wall interaction in a Hall thruster with segmented electrodes placed at the channel exit

Electron-wall interaction is always recognized as an important physical problem because of its remarkable influences on thruster discharge and performance. Based on existing theories, an electrode is predicted to weaken electron-wall interaction due to its low secondary electron emission characteristic. In this paper, the electron-wall interaction in an Aton-type Hall thruster with low-emissive electrodes placed near the exit of discharge channel is studied by a fully kinetic particle-in cell method. The results show that the electron-wall interaction in the region of segmented electrode is indeed weakened, but it is significantly enhanced in the remaining region of discharge channel. It is mainly caused by electrode conductive property which makes equipotential lines convex toward channel exit and even parallel to wall surface in near-wall re- gion; this convex equipotential configuration results in significant physical effects such as repelling electrons, which causes the electrons to move toward the channel center, and the electrons emitted from electrodes to be remarkably accelerated, thereby increasing electron temperature in the discharge channel, etc. Furthermore, the results also indicate that the discharge current in the segmented electrode case is larger than in the non-segmented electrode case, which is qualitatively in accordance with previous experimental results.     

Study on Similarity Criteria of Hall Effect Thrusters

The scaling design of Hall effect thrusters is based on similarity criteria. Up to now, few of the similarity criteria proposed concern about the inside physical processes of the thruster except Melikov‐Morozov similarity criterion which embodies the ionization of propellant. As many other significant processes, such as electron conduction, ion acceleration and energy exchange, are out of consideration, it is far from enough to direct the thruster design appropriately at present. Therefore, in this paper, we have deduced out many new similarity criteria by analyzing the neutral continuity equation, the ion/electron momentum equations and the electron energy equation with the equation analysis method. By further comparing the magnitudes of source terms of those equations, we obtain certain similarity criteria which are primary and should be guaranteed for modeling design of thrusters. These dominant similarity criteria are finally verified in experiments (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

确定SF6-CO2预放电参数的激光脉冲方法

在均匀电场中,用高能激光脉冲释放初始电子以研究负电性气体的电子崩的发展,决定预放电过程的基本参数(游离系数α,吸附系数η和漂移速度v等)是一个有用的方法,本文对此方法做了详细的分析。采用这种方法对SF₆-CO₂混合气体做了研究,获得了10⁸个以上的初始电子及其分布,并给出了α/P,η/P和ν与E/P(E=电场强度,P=气体压力)的关系。本文还对所用的测量系统做了讨论,提出了改进办法。 关键词：