Modelling of indium(I) iodide-argon low pressure plasma

Recommended Cross Sections for Electron–Indium Scattering

“…2 and 3) and for the collisional-radiative modeling of low-temperature plasmas where indium is one of the constituent species. 4 Note that the importance of having such a comprehensive database available for these types of simulations is discussed in detail in Ref. 5 and indeed is one of the prime drivers behind the establishment of the LXCat project.…”

“…The situation is even worse for the case of excitation of the discrete inelastic states in indium. Aside from a set of nine angle-ICSs contained in the paper of Ögün et al, 4 five of which were for excitation from the (5s 2 5p) 2 P 1/2 ground state and a further four of which were for excitation from the close-lying (5s 2 5p) 2 P 3/2 metastable state, as well as our results for the single (5s 2 5p) 2 P 1/2 → (5s 2 6s) 2 S 1/2 excitation process discussed in Ref. 1, we know of no other available results in the literature.…”

Electron-impact excitation of the ( 5s25p ) P1/22→Hamilton1, Zatsarinny2, Bartschat3 et al. 2020Phys. Rev. A5090View full textAdd to dashboardCite

“…We included one-and two-electron polarization potentials [36,37] to more accurately account for the effect of closed shells within the quasi-one-electron model of In, and thereby improve the accuracy of the target description and scattering calculations. The static dipole polarizability of the In + ion, α d = 24.01 a 3 0 , was taken from [38]. The fall-off radius of the one-electron polarization potential was optimized for each target symmetry to obtain good agreement with NIST energies [28] for the low-lying states of In.…”

“…Indium (In) is currently used to make transparent electrodes in liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) [2], and its spectral lines, for both its neutral and ionized (In + ) forms, are expected to be very important in modeling plasmas in which indium is a constituent. The latter is relevant, as indium is a possible candidate to replace mercury in lowpressure discharge lamps in lighting solutions [2,3]. Indeed, Ögün et al [3] conducted some collisional-radiative modeling of an indium iodide-argon plasma to investigate that possible application.…”

“…The latter is relevant, as indium is a possible candidate to replace mercury in lowpressure discharge lamps in lighting solutions [2,3]. Indeed, Ögün et al [3] conducted some collisional-radiative modeling of an indium iodide-argon plasma to investigate that possible application. However, the excitation cross sections they employed in that study, from the method of Gryziński [4,5], are not expected to be accurate.…”