Measurement of ion temperature and flow velocity by using LIF and electric probe methods in K2H and DiPS propulsion simulators*

Ion temperature, plasma flow velocity and plasma density are measured in DiPS (Diversified Plasma Simulator) and K2H (KBSI-KAIST-Hanyang University) propulsion simulators by a laser induced fluorescence (LIF) method and a fast scanning electric probe system, which consists of an rf-compensated single probe and a Mach probe. In both devices helicon plasmas were stably generated with m=+1 right-helical antenna at 13.56 MHz with powers of 1 - 3kW (DiPS) and 0.5 - 1kW (K2H), and open ended magnetic configurations are utilized. The measured plasma parameters are as follows: plasma densities of 10$^{11}$ -- 10$^{13}$ cm$^{-3}$ (K2H) and 10$^{12}$ -- 10$^{13}$ cm$^{-3}$ (DiPS), electron temperatures of 3 -- 9 eV (K2H) and 2 -- 4 eV (DiPS), ion temperatures of 0.14 -- 0. 17 eV (K2H) and 0.05 -- 0.2 eV (DiPS) and drift velocities of 0.8 -- 1.6 km/s (k2H) and 0.2 -- 0.5 km/s (DiPS).