Prof. Dr. Tsanko Tsankov

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPlasma Physics
KeywordsHall Effect Thruster, Probe measurements, Machine learning, Collisional-radiative modeling, Optical emission spectroscopy
Honours and awards

2018: Masao Horiba Award

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityPalaiseau CEDEX
InstitutionCNRS and Ecole Polytechnique
InstituteLaboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP) UMR 7648
Homepagehttps://www.lpp.polytechnique.fr/-Tsanko-Tsankov-

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Uwe CzarnetzkiFakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Arellano, Fatima Jenina and Minoru Kusaba and Stephen Wu and Ryo Yoshida and Zolt\'{a}n Donk\'o and Peter Hartmann and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Satoshi Hamaguchi: Machine learning-based prediction of the electron energy distribution function and electron density of argon plasma from the optical emission spectra. In: JVSTA, 42, 2024, 053001
2024Zolt\'{a}n Donk\'o and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Peter Hartmann and Arellano, Fatima Jenina and Uwe Czarnetzki and Satoshi Hamaguchi: Self-consistent calculation of the optical emission spectrum of an argon capacitively coupled plasma based on the coupling of particle simulation with a collisional-radiative model. In: JPD, 57, 2024, 375209
2023Arellano, Fatima Jenina and M\'{a}rton Gyulai and Zolt\'{a}n Donk\'o and Peter Hartmann and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki and Satoshi Hamaguchi: First-principles simulation of optical emission spectra for low-pressure argon plasmas and its experimental validation. In: PSST, 32, 2023, 125007
2022Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Pascal Chabert and Uwe Czarnetzki: Foundations of magnetized radio-frequency discharges. In: PSST, 31, 2022, 084007
2022Marc Sackers and Christian Busch and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki and Philippe Mertens and Oleksandr Marchuk: Plasma parameters and tungsten sputter rates in a high-frequency {CCP}. In: POP, 29, 2022, 043511
2021L\"{u}tke Stetzkamp, Christian and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Electric field measurements on the {INCA} discharge. 2021,
2021Pascal Chabert and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Foundations of capacitive and inductive radio-frequency discharges. In: PSST, 30, 2021, 024001
2021L\"{u}tke Stetzkamp, Christian and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Lock-in technique for precise measurement of ion distribution functions. In: JPD, 54, 2021, 305202
2021Du, Yanjun and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: Nanosecond resolved ro-vibrational {CO}$_{2}$ excitation measurement. In: JPD, 54, 2021, 34LT02
2021L\"{u}tke Stetzkamp, Christian and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Operation of the inductively coupled array ({INCA}) discharge as a para-array. In: JPD, 54, 2021, 385204
2021Du, Yanjun and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: Time evolution of {CO}$_{2}$ ro-vibrational excitation in a nanosecond discharge measured with laser absorption spectroscopy. In: JPD, 54, 2021, 365201
2021Marc Sackers and Oleksandr Marchuk and S Ertmer and Sven Dickheuer and Uwe Czarnetzki and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and S Brezinsek and Arkady Kreter: Zeeman-resolved {TDLAS} using metastable levels of {A}r in the weakly magnetized plasma of the linear plasma device {PSI}-2. In: JPD, 54, 2021, 395001
2019Zhu, Xi-Ming and Wang, Yan-Fei and Wang, Yang and Yu, Da-Ren and Zatsarinny, Oleg and Bartschat, Klaus and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Czarnetzki, Uwe: A xenon collisional-radiative model applicable to electric propulsion devices: {II}. {K}inetics of the 6s, 6p, and 5d states of atoms and ions in {H}all thrusters. In: PSST, 28, 2019, 105005
2019Sven Dickheuer and Oleksandr Marchuk and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki and Wojciech Gromelski and Stefan Ertmer and Arkadi Kreter: Measurement of the magnetic field in a linear magnetized plasma by tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. In: Atoms, 7, 2019, 48
2019Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Reply to `{C}omment on ``{I}nformation hidden in the velocity distribution of ions and the exact kinetic {B}ohm criterion''\thinspace'\thinspace. In: PSST, 28, 2019, 078002
2018Meier, {\relax St}effen Marius and Ante Hecimovic and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: First measurements of the temporal evolution of the plasma density in {HiPIMS} discharges using {THz} time domain spectroscopy. In: PSST, 27, 2018, 035006
2018Philipp Ahr and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Jan Kuhfeld and Uwe Czarnetzki: Inductively coupled array ({INCA}) discharge. In: PSST, 27, 2018, 105010
2018Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Reply to {C}omment on `{I}nformation hidden in the velocity distribution of ions and the exact kinetic {B}ohm criterion'\thinspace. In: PSST, 27, 2018, 038002
2017Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Information hidden in the velocity distribution of ions and the exact kinetic {B}ohm criterion. In: PSST, 26, 2017, 055003
2017Meier, {\relax St}effen Marius and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: Measurement of Plasma Densities by Dual Frequency Multichannel Boxcar {THz} Time Domain Spectroscopy. In: JPD, 50, 2017, 245202
2016Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Comment on the paper `{T}he impact of {L}angmuir probe geometries on electron current collection and the integral relation for obtaining electron energy distribution functions'\thinspace. In: PSST, 25, 2016, 048001
2015Uwe Czarnetzki and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov: Comment on: {M}easurement of the force exerted on the surface of an object immersed in a plasma. In: EPJD, 69, 2015, 236
2015Philipp Ahr and Edmund Sch\"{u}ngel and Julian Schulze and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Influence of a phase-locked {RF} substrate bias on the {E}- to {H}-mode transition in an inductively coupled plasma. In: PSST, 24, 2015, 044006
2015Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Rainer Johnsen and Uwe Czarnetzki: Rydberg state, metastable, and electron dynamics in the low-pressure argon afterglow. In: PSST, 24, 2015, 065001
2015Zhu, Xi-{M}ing and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Self-absorption method in combination with an optical probe: a possibility to determine the radial density profile of rare-gas metastables in low-temperature plasmas. In: PSST, 24, 2015, 035023
2015Fei-Xiang Liu and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Yi-Kang Pu: The electron density evolution in pulsed 60 {MHz} capacitively coupled oxygen discharges. In: JPD, 48, 2015, 035206
2015Zhu, Xi-{M}ing and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: {2D} collisional-radiative model for non-uniform argon plasmas: with or without `escape factor'\thinspace. In: JPD, 48, 2015, 085201
2014Sarah Siepa and Stephan Danko and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Thomas Mussenbrock and Uwe Czarnetzki: On the {OES} line-ratio technique in argon and argon containing plasmas. In: JPD, 47, 2014, 445201
2014Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Sarah Siepa and Patrick S. B\"{o}hm and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: The Glow in a Three-Body Recombination Dominated Afterglow. In: IEEE, 42, 2014, 2388 -- 2389
2013Zhen-Bin Wang and Nader Sadeghi and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Yi-Kang Pu: The influence of spatial nonuniformity of {A}r$^{*}$(1s$_{5}$) atoms on their measured density by the self-absorption technique. In: JPD, 46, 2013, 475205
2012Yusuf Celik and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Mitsutoshi Aramaki and Shinji Yoshimura and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: Electron cooling in decaying low-pressure plasmas. In: PRE, 85, 2012, 046407
2012Yusuf Celik and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov and Mitsutoshi Aramaki and Shinji Yoshimura and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and Uwe Czarnetzki: Recombination and enhanced metastable re-population in the argon afterglow. In: PRE, 85, 2012, 056401
2012{\relax Ts}anko Tsankov and Kaoru Toko and Uwe Czarnetzki: Rotational and vibrational temperatures in a hydrogen discharge with a magnetic {X}-point. In: PhP, 19, 2012, 123503
2012Beilei Du and Nader Sadeghi and {\relax Ts}anko Vaskov Tsankov and Dirk Luggenh\"{o}lscher and and Uwe Czarnetzki: Temporally resolved optical emission spectroscopic investigations on a nanosecond self-pulsing micro-thin-cathode discharge. In: PSST, 21, 2012, 045015
2011Tsanko Tsankov, Uwe Czarnetzki: A discharge with a magnetic X-point as a negative hydrogen ion source. In: AIP Conf. Proc., 2011, 140-149
2011{\relax Ts}anko Tsankov and Uwe Czarnetzki: A discharge with a magnetic {X}-point as a negative hydrogen ion source. In: AIP, 1390, 2011, 140--149
2011Tsanko Tsankov, Uwe Czarnetzki: Hydrogen Discharge With a Magnetic X-Point. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2011, 2538-2539
2011{\relax Ts}anko Tsankov and Uwe Czarnetzki: Hydrogen discharge with a magnetic {X}-point. In: IEEE, 39, 2011, 2538--2539
2011{\relax Ts}vetelina Paunska and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Negative hydrogen ion maintenance in small radius discharges: {T}wo-dimensional modeling. In: PhP, 18, 2011, 023503
2011Yusuf Celik and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko and Uwe Czarnetzki: Star-like structures in discharges with a magnetic {X}-point. In: IEEE, 39, 2011, 2466--2467
2011Yusuf Celik, Tsanko Tsankov, Uwe Czarnetzki: Starlike Structures in Discharges With a Magnetic X-Point. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2011, 2466-2467
2010{\relax St}iliyan Lishev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Negative ion density measurements in an inductively driven hydrogen discharge. In: JPC, 223, 2010, 012001
2010{\relax Ts}vetelina Paunska and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: {2D} model of a hydrogen inductive discharge with a planar coil. In: JPC, 223, 2010, 012002
2009{\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax St}animir Kolev and Sarah M\"{u}ller and {\relax Ts}vetelina Paunska and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Expanding hydrogen plasmas: photodetachment-technique diagnostics. In: PPCF, 51, 2009, 015007
2009{\relax St}iliyan Lishev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Experiments on the Detection of Negative Hydrogen Ions in a Small-size Tandem Plasma Source. In: AIP, 1097, 2009, 127--136
2009{\relax Ts}vetelina Paunska and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Spatial Distribution of the Plasma Characteristics of a Tandem Plasma Source. In: AIP, 1097, 2009, 99--108
2009{\relax Ts}vetelina Paunska and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: {2D} Model of a Tandem Plasma Source: The Role of the Transport Processes. In: AIP, 1097, 2009, 12--21
2008{\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax St}animir Kolev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Laser photodetachment diagnostics of electronegative expanding plasmas. In: JPC, 113, 2008, 012012
2008{\relax St}animir Kolev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}irsto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Particle and Energy Fluxes in a Two-Chamber Plasma Source. In: IEEE, 36, 2008, 1390-1391
2008{\relax St}animir Kolev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Two-dimensional fluid model of a two-chamber plasma source. In: PSST, 17, 2008, 035017
2008{\relax St}animir Kolev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: {2D} fluid-model simulations of plasma expansion. In: JPC, 113, 2008, 012010
2008{\relax St}animir Kolev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Kh}risto Tarnev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: {2D} fluid-plasma model of a tandem type of a plasma source. In: JPC, 113, 2008, 012011
2007{\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax St}animir Kolev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Expanding plasma region of an inductively-driven hydrogen discharge. In: IEEE, 35, 2007, 1149--1155
2007Ivo Djermanov and Nina Djermanova and {\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Langmuir probe differential measurement technique in inductively coupled RF plasmas. In: JPC, 63, 2007, 012030
2007Ivo Djermanov and {\relax St}animir Kolev and {\relax St}iliyan Lishev and Antonia Shivarova and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: Plasma behaviour affected by a magnetic filter. In: JPC, 63, 2007, 012021
2007Nina Djermanova and {\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax St}iliyan Lishev and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: {EEDF} measurements in plasma expansion region of a high-frequency driven hydrogen discharge. In: JPC, 63, 2007, 012013
2006{\relax Ts}anko Tsankov and {\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and Nina Djermanova and {\relax St}animir Kolev: Electron Energy Distribution Function Measurements in an Inductively Driven Tandem Plasma Source. In: PPP, 3, 2006, 151--155
2006{\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov and Darius Korzec and Sebastian Kytzia and J\"{u}rgen Engemann: Plasma parameters of an oxygen microwave discharge obtained by probe diagnostics: {I}. {A}xial distributions. In: PSST, 15, 2006, 126--134
2006Dimitrova, Mariya and Djermanova, Nina and Kiss'ovski, {\relax Zh}ivko and Kolev, {\relax St}animir and Shivarova, Antonia and Tsankov, {\relax Ts}anko: Probe Diagnostics of Expanding Plasmas at Low Gas Pressure. In: PPP, 3, 2006, 156--159
2006Nina Djermanova and {\relax Zh}ivko Kiss'ovski and {\relax Ts}anko Tsankov: {EEDF} determination by numerical processing of the probe data in neon {DC} discharge. In: CPP, 46, 2006, 312--321