By Dr Trevor Lafleur

Journal articles

Bruneau B; Korolov I; Lafleur T; Gans T; O'Connell D; Greb A; Derzsi A; Donko Z; Brandt S; Schungel 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, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 25, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944882

Bruneau B; Lafleur T; Gans T; O'Connell D; Greb A; Korolov I; Derzsi A; Donko Z; Brandt S; Schuengel 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, H-2 and CF4', PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/1/01LT02

Derzsi A; Lafleur T; Booth J-P; Korolov I; Donko Z, 2016, 'Experimental and simulation study of a capacitively coupled oxygen discharge driven by tailored voltage waveforms', PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 25, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 25, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 24, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/4/044002

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4920966

Lafleur T; Chabert P, 2015, 'Edge-to-center density ratios in low-temperature plasmas', PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/2/025017

Lafleur T; Rafalskyi D; Aanesland A, 2015, 'Alternate extraction and acceleration of positive and negative ions from a gridded plasma source', PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015005

Bruneau B; Novikova T; Lafleur T; Booth JP; Johnson EV, 2015, 'Control and optimization of the slope asymmetry effect in tailored voltage waveforms for capacitively coupled plasmas', PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015021

Baalrud SD; Lafleur T; Fox W; Germaschewski K, 2015, 'Instability-enhanced friction in the presheath of two-ion-species plasmas', PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015034

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

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 & TECHNOLOGY, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/6/065010

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 & TECHNOLOGY, 23, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4897967

Lafleur T; Aanesland A, 2014, 'Ambipolar and non-ambipolar diffusion in an rf plasma source containing a magnetic filter', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 21, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/3/035010

Lafleur T, 2014, 'Helicon plasma thruster discharge model', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 21, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/23/1/015016

Lafleur T; Chabert P; Turner MM; Booth JP, 2013, '"Anomalous" collisionality in low-pressure plasmas', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4859155

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, 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 & TECHNOLOGY, 22, 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-APPLIED PHYSICS, 46, 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-APPLIED PHYSICS, 46, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773540

Turner MM; Derzsi A; Donko Z; Eremin D; Kelly SJ; Lafleur T; Mussenbrock T, 2013, 'Simulation benchmarks for low-pressure plasmas: Capacitive discharges', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4775084

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-APPLIED PHYSICS, 45, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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

Bhattacharjee S; Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell R, 2011, 'Investigation of effect of excitation frequency on electron energy distribution functions in low pressure radio frequency bounded plasmas', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605021

Baalrud SD; Lafleur T; Boswell RW; Charles C, 2011, 'Particle-in-cell simulations of a current-free double layer', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3594565

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2011, 'Electron temperature characterization and power balance in a low magnetic field helicon mode', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/44/18/185204

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2011, 'Characterization of the ion beam formed in a low magnetic field helicon mode', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/44/14/145204

Takahashi K; Lafleur T; Charles C; Alexander P; Boswell RW; Perren M; Laine R; Pottinger S; Lappas V; Harle T; Lamprou D, 2011, 'Direct thrust measurement of a permanent magnet helicon double layer thruster', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3577608

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2011, 'Electron-cyclotron damping of helicon waves in low diverging magnetic fields', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3573864

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2011, 'Characterization of a helicon plasma source in low diverging magnetic fields', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/44/5/055202

Ling J; West MD; Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2010, 'Thrust measurements in a low-magnetic field high-density mode in the helicon double layer thruster', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/43/30/305203

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2010, 'Plasma control by modification of helicon wave propagation in low magnetic fields', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3460351

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2010, 'Ion beam formation in a very low magnetic field expanding helicon discharge', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3381093

Lafleur T; Charles C; Boswell RW, 2009, 'Detailed plasma potential measurements in a radio-frequency expanding plasma obtained from various electrostatic probes', PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3125314

Conference Papers

Zorzoli Rossi E; Rafalskyi D; Lafleur T; Dudin S; Bore A; Habl L; Jain P, 2024, 'Lifetime testing challenges of a complete iodine-based electric propulsion system', in 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France, presented at 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France, 23 June 2024 - 28 June 2024

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