By Dr Trevor Lafleur

Journal articles

Lucken R; Croes V; Lafleur T; Raimbault JL; Bourdon A; Chabert P, 2018, 'Edge-To-center plasma density ratios in two-dimensional plasma discharges', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaaf61

Donkó Z; Derzsi A; Korolov I; Hartmann P; Brandt S; Schulze J; Berger B; Koepke M; Bruneau B; Johnson E; Lafleur T; Booth J-P; Gibson AR; O’Connell D; Gans T, 2018, 'Experimental benchmark of kinetic simulations of capacitively coupled plasmas in molecular gases', Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60, pp. 014010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa8378

Lafleur T; Chabert P, 2018, 'The role of instability-enhanced friction on 'anomalous' electron and ion transport in Hall-effect thrusters', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa9efe

Adrian PJ; Baalrud SD; Lafleur T, 2017, 'Influence of neutral pressure on instability enhanced friction and ion velocities at the sheath edge of two-ion-species plasmas', Physics of Plasmas, 24, pp. 123505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4986239

Doyle SJ; Lafleur T; Gibson AR; Tian P; Kushner MJ; Dedrick J, 2017, 'Enhanced control of the ionization rate in radio-frequency plasmas with structured electrodes via tailored voltage waveforms', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa96e5

Croes V; Lafleur T; Bonaventura Z; Bourdon A; Chabert P, 2017, '2D particle-in-cell simulations of the electron drift instability and associated anomalous electron transport in Hall-effect thrusters', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26, pp. 034001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa550f

Lafleur T; Baalrud SD; Chabert P, 2017, 'Characteristics and transport effects of the electron drift instability in Hall-effect thrusters', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26, pp. 024008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa56e2

Rafalskyi D; Lafleur T; Aanesland A, 2016, 'Electron density measurements in highly electronegative plasmas', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 047001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/4/047001

Thomas MB; Rafalskyi D; Lafleur T; Aanesland A, 2016, 'Experimental investigation of electron transport across a magnetic field barrier in electropositive and electronegative plasmas', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 045018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/4/045018

Brandt S; Berger B; Schüngel E; Korolov I; Derzsi A; Bruneau B; Johnson E; Lafleur T; O’Connell D; Koepke M; Gans T; Booth J-P; Donkó Z; Schulze J, 2016, 'Electron power absorption dynamics in capacitive radio frequency discharges driven by tailored voltage waveforms in CF4', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 045015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/4/045015

Lafleur T; Baalrud SD; Chabert P, 2016, 'Theory for the anomalous electron transport in Hall effect thrusters. I. Insights from particle-in-cell simulations', Physics of Plasmas, 23, pp. 053502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4948495

Lafleur T; Baalrud SD; Chabert P, 2016, 'Theory for the anomalous electron transport in Hall effect thrusters. II. Kinetic model', Physics of Plasmas, 23, pp. 053503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4948496

Bruneau B; Korolov I; Lafleur T; Gans T; O'Connell D; Greb A; Derzsi A; Donkó Z; Brandt S; Schüngel E; Schulze J; Johnson E; Booth J-P, 2016, 'Slope and amplitude asymmetry effects on low frequency capacitively coupled carbon tetrafluoride plasmas', Journal of Applied Physics, 119, pp. 163301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4947453

Bruneau B; Lafleur T; Booth J-P; Johnson E, 2016, 'Controlling the shape of the ion energy distribution at constant ion flux and constant mean ion energy with tailored voltage waveforms', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 025006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/2/025006

Grondein P; Lafleur T; Chabert P; Aanesland A, 2016, 'Global model of an iodine gridded plasma thruster', Physics of Plasmas, 23, pp. 033514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944882

Bruneau B; Lafleur T; Gans T; O’Connell D; Greb A; Korolov I; Derzsi A; Donkó Z; Brandt S; Schüngel E; Schulze J; Diomede P; Economou DJ; Longo S; Johnson E; Booth J-P, 2016, 'Effect of gas properties on the dynamics of the electrical slope asymmetry effect in capacitive plasmas: comparison of Ar, H2 and CF4', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 01lt02, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/1/01lt02

Derzsi A; Lafleur T; Booth J-P; Korolov I; Donkó Z, 2016, 'Experimental and simulation study of a capacitively coupled oxygen discharge driven by tailored voltage waveforms', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 015004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/1/015004

Lafleur T, 2016, 'Tailored-waveform excitation of capacitively coupled plasmas and the electrical asymmetry effect', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25, pp. 013001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/1/013001

Lafleur T; Cannat F; Jarrige J; Elias PQ; Packan D, 2015, 'Electron dynamics and ion acceleration in expanding-plasma thrusters', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, pp. 065013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/6/065013

Lafleur T; Chabert P, 2015, 'Is collisionless heating in capacitively coupled plasmas really collisionless?', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, pp. 044002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/4/044002

Lafleur T; Chabert P, 2015, 'Edge-to-center density ratios in low-temperature plasmas', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, pp. 025017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/2/025017

Baalrud SD; Lafleur T; Fox W; Germaschewski K, 2015, 'Instability-enhanced friction in the presheath of two-ion-species plasmas', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, pp. 015034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015034

Cannat F; Lafleur T; Jarrige J; Chabert P; Elias P-Q; Packan D, 2015, 'Optimization of a coaxial electron cyclotron resonance plasma thruster with an analytical model', Physics of Plasmas, 22, pp. 053503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4920966

Bruneau B; Novikova T; Lafleur T; Booth JP; Johnson EV, 2014, 'Control and optimization of the slope asymmetry effect in tailored voltage waveforms for capacitively coupled plasmas', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, pp. 015021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015021

Lafleur T; Aanesland A, 2014, 'Generalization of the Child-Langmuir law to the alternate extraction of positive and negative ions', Physics of Plasmas, 21, pp. 123506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4903850

Lafleur T; Rafalskyi D; Aanesland A, 2014, 'Alternate extraction and acceleration of positive and negative ions from a gridded plasma source', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24, pp. 015005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015005

Diomede P; Economou DJ; Lafleur T; Booth J-P; Longo S, 2014, 'Radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas in hydrogen excited by tailored voltage waveforms: comparison of simulations with experiments', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 23, pp. 065049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/6/065049

Lafleur T, 2014, 'Comment on “Micronewton electromagnetic thruster” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 034104 (2012)]', Applied Physics Letters, 105, pp. 146101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4897967

Bruneau B; Novikova T; Lafleur T; Booth JP; Johnson EV, 2014, 'Ion flux asymmetry in radiofrequency capacitively-coupled plasmas excited by sawtooth-like waveforms', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 23, pp. 065010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/6/065010

Lafleur T; Aanesland A, 2014, 'Ambipolar and non-ambipolar diffusion in an rf plasma source containing a magnetic filter', Physics of Plasmas, 21, pp. 063510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4885109

Lafleur T; Chabert P; Booth JP, 2014, 'Electron heating in capacitively coupled plasmas revisited', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 23, pp. 035010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/3/035010

Lafleur T, 2014, 'Helicon plasma thruster discharge model', Physics of Plasmas, 21, pp. 043507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4871727

Lafleur T; Chabert P; Turner MM; Booth JP, 2014, 'Equivalence of the hard-wall and kinetic-fluid models of collisionless electron heating in capacitively coupled discharges', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 23, pp. 015016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/1/015016

Lafleur T; Delattre PA; Johnson EV; Booth JP, 2013, 'Capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasmas excited by tailored voltage waveforms', Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 55, pp. 124002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/55/12/124002

Lafleur T; Chabert P; Turner MM; Booth JP, 2013, 'Theory for the self-bias formation in capacitively coupled plasmas excited by arbitrary waveforms', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 22, pp. 065013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/22/6/065013

Delattre P-A; Lafleur T; Johnson E; Booth J-P, 2013, 'Radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas excited by tailored voltage waveforms: comparison of experiment and particle-in-cell simulations', Journal of Physics D, 46, pp. 235201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/23/235201

Lafleur T; Booth JP, 2013, 'Frequency dependence of the electrical asymmetry effect in dual-frequency capacitively coupled discharges', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4802241

Lafleur T; Chabert P; Booth JP, 2013, 'Secondary electron induced asymmetry in capacitively coupled plasmas', Journal of Physics D, 46, pp. 135201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/13/135201

Lafleur T; Delattre PA; Booth JP; Johnson EV; Dine S, 2013, 'Radio frequency current-voltage probe for impedance and power measurements in multi-frequency unmatched loads', Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, pp. 015001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773540

Turner MM; Derzsi A; Donkó Z; Eremin D; Kelly SJ; Lafleur T; Mussenbrock T, 2013, 'Simulation benchmarks for low-pressure plasmas: Capacitive discharges', Physics of Plasmas, 20, pp. 013507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4775084

Lafleur T; Chabert P; Turner MM; Booth JP, 2013, '“Anomalous” collisionality in low-pressure plasmas', Physics of Plasmas, 20, pp. 124503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4859155

Lafleur T; Booth JP, 2012, 'Control of the ion flux and ion energy in CCP discharges using non-sinusoidal voltage waveforms', Journal of Physics D, 45, pp. 395203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/45/39/395203

Lafleur T; Delattre PA; Johnson EV; Booth JP, 2012, 'Separate control of the ion flux and ion energy in capacitively coupled radio-frequency discharges using voltage waveform tailoring', Applied Physics Letters, 101, pp. 124104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4754692

Takahashi K; Lafleur T; Charles C; Alexander P; Boswell RW, 2012, 'Axial force imparted by a current-free magnetically expanding plasma', Physics of Plasmas, 19, pp. 083509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4747701

Lafleur T; Boswell RW; Booth JP, 2012, 'Enhanced sheath heating in capacitively coupled discharges due to non-sinusoidal voltage waveforms', Applied Physics Letters, 100, pp. 194101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4712128

Lafleur T; Boswell RW, 2012, 'Particle-in-cell simulations of ambipolar and nonambipolar diffusion in magnetized plasmas', Physics of Plasmas, 19, pp. 053505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4719701

Lafleur T; Boswell RW, 2012, 'Particle-in-cell simulations of hollow cathode enhanced capacitively coupled radio frequency discharges', Physics of Plasmas, 19, pp. 023508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3685709

Takahashi K; Lafleur T; Charles C; Alexander P; Boswell RW, 2011, 'Electron Diamagnetic Effect on Axial Force in an Expanding Plasma: Experiments and Theory', Physical Review Letters, 107, pp. 235001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.235001

Lafleur T; Takahashi K; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2011, 'Direct thrust measurements and modelling of a radio-frequency expanding plasma thruster', Physics of Plasmas, 18, pp. 080701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3610570

Ling J; Boswell RW; Lafleur T; Charles C, 2011, 'Microarcing in a Helicon Plasma Reactor', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 39, pp. 1652 - 1659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tps.2011.2152863

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