Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

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Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

Abstract

Fuzzy nanostructure growth occurs on tungsten (W) surfaces by the exposure to helium (He) plasmas. We investigated pulsation effect in the incident energy of He ions on W fuzz growth. It is shown that He irradiation contributes to the growth of fuzzy layer even if the incident ion energy was less than the threshold energy of 20 - 30 eV. When the duty cycle of the pulse was 1 - 10 %, 7 - 8 eV He ion irradiation have contributed to the fuzz growth in addition to high (> 60 eV) energy ion irradiation, and the growth rate was enhanced.

Keywords

pulsation, tungsten, helium plasma, fuzz, nanostructure

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