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
CityParis 05 Pantheon
InstitutionSorbonne Universite and Ecole Polytechnique
InstituteLaboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP) UMR 7648

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