A dc magnetron discharge in a cylindrical diode with an incandescent cathode, filled with argon at low pressure, was studied by spectroscopic methods. Operating conditions were anode voltage Ua = 0–150 V, magnetic field B = 0–1.2 × 10−1 T, and pressure p = 10−3–10 Pa. It was found that the spectrum consists of ArII, ArIII, and ArIV ion spectral lines. Neutral argon spectral lines (ArI) were not recorded.
© 1983 Optical Society of America
Original Manuscript: September 14, 1982
Published: March 15, 1983
V. I. Miljevic, "Spectroscopic study of a dc gas magnetron discharge," Appl. Opt. 22, 904-907 (1983)