纳秒激光诱导空气等离子体的红外辐射特性研究

纳秒激光诱导空气等离子体存在从紫外、可见、近红外乃至射频微波的宽谱段辐射,但目前的研究大多关注紫外到可见波段的光谱辐射。激光等离子体作为一种新型的红外辐射源具有很多优势,相比于红外干扰弹以及红外干扰手段而言,空气等离子体红外辐射源可以灵活布置,成本低廉,因此研究空气等离子体的红外辐射特性就很有必要。针对目前脉冲激光诱导空气等离子体的红外干扰研究需要,对激光波长为532 nm的纳秒脉冲激光诱导空气等离子体的红外辐射特性进行实验研究,探讨激光能量对空气等离子体红外辐射强度的影响规律,以及空气等离子体红外辐射的角度分布特性,分析了等离子体红外辐射的可能产生机制。实验结果表明,激光诱导空气等离子体在950～1 700 nm范围内的红外光谱为线状谱和连续谱的叠加。其中线状谱主要是氮和氧的中性原子谱线,并且氮原子红外辐射占主导。随着激光能量的增加,由于空气击穿产生的氧和氮原子数量增加,导致空气等离子体红外辐射的谱线强度逐渐增大。随着红外探测角度的变化,在探测角度为75°时,OⅠ 1 128.63 nm和NⅠ1 246.96和1 362.42 nm谱线强度达到最大,在探测角度为120°时,NⅠ 1 011.46和1 053.96 nm谱线强度达到最大,这是因为空气等离子体红外辐射强度随探测角度变化呈现空间非对称性,表明空气等离子体内不同粒子的空间分布呈现非对称性。     

激光诱导空气等离子体的实验研究

本文利用激光诱导等离子体光谱技术(LIPS)测定一个标准大气压强下的空气所含有的元素成分。假设空气全部由氮和氧元素组成,利用自由定标模型获得空气中氮元素和氧元素的含量。由此验证激光诱导等离子体光谱技术进行定量分析的可行性,为其在等离子体定量分析中的应用奠定基础。     

分子发射光谱法测量微波等离子体气体温度

通过OH自由基A2Σ+→X2Π_r电子带系分子发射光谱测温法,实现了对氩气、氮气、空气三种大气压微波等离子体气体温度的测量。探究了不同微波功率、不同气体流量下气体温度的变化规律,测量了氮气、空气微波等离子体羽流的轴向温度分布。实验结果表明,不同工作条件下微波等离子体核心温度普遍超过2 000 K,空气微波等离子体可超过6 000 K;同样工作条件下三种微波等离子体气体温度满足：T_Ar<T_N2<T_Air;气体温度总体上随微波功率增加而小幅增加,随气体流量下降而小幅降低;氮气与空气等离子体羽流温度沿轴向迅速降低。为验证分子发射光谱测温法的准确性,以热电偶测温作为比对,对温度较低的介质阻挡放电氩气等离子体进行了温度测量,实验表明,分子发射光谱法与热电偶所测结果十分接近。     

团簇六边形斑图等离子体参数的光谱测量

在氩气和空气混合气体介质阻挡放电中,首次发现了团簇六边形斑图。运用发射光谱法,研究了此斑图中单个团簇的三种等离子体参数：分子振动温度、分子转动温度以及电子的平均能量随空气含量的变化。实验通过测量氮分子光谱并采用氮分子第二正带系(C3Π_u→B 3Π_g)计算了振动温度;同时采集氮分子离子(N+₂)的第一负带系(B 2Σ+_u→X 2Σ+_g)计算转动温度。利用氮分子离子391.4 nm和激发态的氮分子337.1 nm两条发射谱线的相对强度之比,作为研究电子平均能量的变化的依据。结果显示,当混合气体中空气含量从16%逐渐增大到24%时,三种等离子体参数均逐渐增大。     

Origin,characteristics, and suppression of residual nitrogen in MPCVD diamond growth reactor

Unintentional nitrogen incorporation has been observed in a set of microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD)-grown samples. No abnormality has been detected on the apparatus especially the base pressure and feeding gas purity. By a comprehensive investigation including the analysis of the plasma composition, we found that a minor leakage of the system could be significantly magnified by the thermal effect, resulting in a considerable residual nitrogen in the diamond material. Moreover, the doping mechanism of leaked air is different to pure nitrogen doping. The dosage of several ppm of pure nitrogen can lead to efficient nitrogen incorporation in diamond, while at least thousands ppm of leaked air is required for detecting obvious residual nitrogen. The difference of the dosage has been ascribed to the suppression effect of oxygen that consumes nitrogen. As the unintentional impurity is basically detrimental to the controllable fabrication of diamond for electronic application, we have provided an effective way to suppress the residual nitrogen in a slightly leaked system by modifying the susceptor geometry. This study indicates that even if a normal base pressure can be reached, the nitrogen residing in the chamber can be "activated" by the thermal effect and thus be incorporated in diamond material grown by a MPCVD reactor.     

Influence of Gap Spacing between Dielectric Barriers in Atmospheric Pressure Discharges

The breakdown activity in helium atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma is strongly modified by introducing small impurities (nitrogen (N₂) and air in ppm), although its precise implications for the behavior of discharge plasma is not evident under several constraints. In this simulation study, we investigate the influence of gap spacing between the dielectric barriers to explore the dynamic modification in the structure of discharge plasma in distinct phases of the discharge current pulse using a two‐dimensional fluid model in He‐air gas mixture. Specifically, the impact of nitrogen and air impurities is contrasted by exploring the spatial distributions of electrons in the breakdown phase under similar operating conditions. The filamentary mode of DBD plasma in He‐N₂ is transformed into uniform glow discharge in He‐air gas mixture by the dominant effect of Penning ionization. Finally, the outcomes of two‐dimensional fluid model are validated by comparing with three‐dimensional fluid model to provide the reliability of numerical simulations. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Ambient gas effects on high-power Nd:YAG laser ablation of SnO2:Sb transparent conducting thin film

Optical emission spectra of the plasma produced by 1.06 μm Nd:YAG laser ablation of SnO₂:Sb transparent conducting thin film were recorded and analyzed as functions of distance from the target surface and incident laser power density in air and in vacuum. Ambient gas effects on pulsed laser ablation of target were analyzed in detail. We also discussed how the air takes part in the plasma evolution process and confirmed that the ignition of the air plasma is by the collisions between the energetic electrons and the nitrogen atoms through a cascade avalanche process.     

Radon decay monitoring in air using characteristic emission of species in metal-assisted LIBS

Copper assisted optical emission spectroscopy is studied in the synthetic air and (Rn + air) environment. The copper plate acts as the metal target in the Q-SW Nd:YAG laser induced plasma. Several characteristic emissions are taken from oxygen, nitrogen and the copper species in (Rn + air) plasma within the control chamber. The emission lines due to the metal species and air components exhibit noticeably to be enhanced respect to those of the synthetic air. The corresponding amplitudes lucidly decrease during a ten day follow-up. The instantaneous reductions of the copper characteristic lines are in agreement with the radon decay. The plasma temperature is estimated based on the Boltzmann plot whereas the corresponding electron density is determined using the Stark broadening. It is shown that those plasma parameters gradually increase with time to reach the values of pure air after several radon half-lives.     

Controlling a bunch of multiple filaments by means of a beam diameter

We demonstrate a three orders of magnitude increase and stability in the backscattered fluorescence signal from nitrogen molecules by terawatt femtosecond laser pulse induced air filaments using a new method. The method is based on squeezing the initial beam diameter using a telescope. The effect of laser shot-to-shot fluctuations was included in numerical simulations by a random distribution of the initial intensity in both squeezed and non-squeezed beams. Statistical processing of the simulation results shows that the average diameter of plasma channels as well as the total amount of free electrons generated in a bunch of multiple filaments in air is larger in the squeezed beam. Shot-to-shot stability of the simulated plasma density increases in the squeezed beam. The change of this plasma density with propagation distance is in good qualitative agreement with the change of the range-corrected nitrogen fluorescence signal with distance. PACS 42.65.Jx; 42.60.Jf; 42.68.Ay; 42.68.Wt     

激光烧蚀金属靶时气体电离分析

我们使用Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器烧蚀金属Ａｌ靶获得等离子体,利用光谱时－空分辨技术,关于环境气体分解及其对等离子体辐射特征的影响进行了研究。使用的气体是Ａｒ,Ａｉｒ,Ｎ２。结果发现,在等离子体形成初期,等离子体时－空分辨谱中有大量的环境气体离子谱线。基于Ａｌ等离子体不同激光能量下的时间－空间分辨谱。对激光烧蚀金属靶时气体电离现象进行了分析,对气体分解造成的影响进行了简单的讨论。     

在低温等离子体及低能离子作用下PET表面氮的XPS研究

经X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析,在空气等离子体和氩等离子体作用下,(PET)表面上结合了不同的氮化合物。特别是在氩等离子体作用5min以后,N₁₅出现双峰,表明PET表面上结合了氮的氧化官能团。通过低能氮离子和氩离子轰击PET表面的实验,证明这种N₁₅双峰结构不是低能离子单独作用引起的。 关键词：     

纳秒脉冲放电等离子体射流特性

采用单针式电极,使用单极性重复频率脉冲电源,在常压氦气、氩气、氮气和空气中得到等离子体射流,并改变电压、流量和气体种类,分别观察不同的实验条件对等离子体射流的影响。实验结果表明:射流长度随施加电压的增加而增长;随着流量的连续变化,射流长度先逐渐变长,达到峰值后由于湍流影响,长度又逐渐缩短,达到一定流量后趋于饱和。此外,不同工作气体中的等离子体射流呈现截然不同的外观,氦气和氩气中射流呈针状模式,长度可达7 cm以上;而在氮气和空气中,射流呈现为长度不超过2 cm的刷状模式。     

Shielding effect of laser-induced plasma in glass: pulse-to-pulse evolution of nitrogen and analyte emission lines

A characteristic of the plasma shielding effect was investigated through simultaneous measurement of time evolution of nitrogen emission in ambient air and analyte-specific emission in a glass matrix with varying lens-to-sample distance (LTSD), laser pulse energy, and repetition rate. Even under the threshold energy of air breakdown, strong nitrogen-emission lines could be measured by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for the glass samples in air at atmospheric pressure. The time evolution of the nitrogen emission was correlated reversely with a variation of various analyte emissions in the glass samples. Based on the reverse relation between the intensities of nitrogen and calcium emission intensities, the corrected values of the calcium emission line were calculated. This methodology shows consistent results independent of experimental conditions such as different LTSDs, laser energies, and repetition rates.     

激光大气等离子体光谱特性实验研究

报道了对波长为1．06μm的脉冲激光在气体样品中产生的等离子体进行光谱研究的结果。气体样品为一个标准大气压的纯氮、纯氧和空气,光谱探测范围为300～900nm。结果表明,各种气体样品的激光等离子体光谱均表现为连续谱和线状谱的叠加,文中分别给出了连续谱和线状谱的基本特征,讨论了这些特征与等离子体物理特性的关系,并分析了纯氮、纯氧与空气激光等离子体光谱之间的异同。给出了激光等离子体光谱的时间演化和空间分布的基本特征,并初步讨论了与这些特征相关的等离子体物理特性。这些结果有助于加深对激光等离子体特性和机理,特别是对等离子体产生后的弛豫过程和复合机制的了解。     

发射光谱研究氩气/空气混合气体介质阻挡放电能量传递过程

使用水电极介质阻挡放电装置,对比氩气与氩气/少量空气的混合气体以及空气与空气/少量氩气的混合气体放电的发射光谱,研究了氩气与空气相混合时气体放电中的能量传递过程。实验发现, 当氩气中加入少量的空气时,氩原子谱线均变弱,说明空气中的氮分子对氩原子的各激发态具有猝灭作用。并且随着空气含量的增加,各谱线变弱的速率不同。越是与氮分子的激发电位接近的氩原子的激发态被猝灭的作用越明显。另一方面,当空气中加入少量氩气时,发现氮分子第二正带系和氮分子离子第一负带系的谱线均被增强。说明在空气/少量氩气放电中,氮分子的激发由于亚稳态氩原子的潘宁激发传能而增强。因此在氩气/空气混合气体放电中,气体成分及比例影响放电的发光特性和能量传输特性。     

Decomposition of methylene chloride by electron beam and pulsed corona processing

Experiments on the plasma-assisted decomposition of dilute concentrations of methylene chloride in atmospheric-pressure N₂ and dry air streams by electron beam and pulsed corona processing are presented. This paper presents the first experimental evidence showing that the decomposition of methylene chloride in a non-thermal plasma at ambient gas temperature proceeds via reaction with nitrogen atoms. The decompositions is more efficient with energy deposition in electron beam generated plasmas because of the higher rate for electron-impact dissociation of N₂. In dry air mixture, the decomposition of methylene chloride is degraded substantially because the nitrogen atoms are consumed in the production of nitrogen oxides. At higher gas temperatures (300°C), the decomposition of methylene chloride in dry air is shown to proceed via reaction with oxygen atoms. The main products of methylene chloride decomposition in dry air mixtures are CO, CO₂, HCl, and probably Cl₂.     

Time stability of water activated by different on-liquid atmospheric pressure plasmas

Two atmospheric pressure micro-jets generated in helium or argon and an air micro-arc discharge were used to obtain plasma activated water. The new water properties depend on the plasma gas, treatment time and treated volume. The higher concentration of hydrogen peroxide is associated with the argon discharge while the higher concentration of nitrogen based species and the higher modifications of pH and of electrical conductivity are associated with the air discharge. The properties of the treated water (pH and electrical conductivity) and the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and of nitric acid show very small variations over three weeks after treatment.     

氩气/甲烷/空气介质阻挡放电等离子体的发射光谱诊断

为了获得可燃气体的放电及等离子体发射光谱特性,进一步揭示等离子体助燃作用下燃料在稀燃状态的点火与燃烧特性,在常压下以氩气作为载气对预混的甲烷和空气进行放电研究。实验基于平行板电极射频(13.56 MHz)介质阻挡放电的等离子体发生装置,首先在常压下对体积分数为90%氩气/10%空气的混合气体开展放电研究;再在90%氩气含量不变的情况下,调节空气含量并加入与之能形成燃烧化学当量比Φ＝1的甲烷,氩气/甲烷/空气的混合气体同样能实现稳定而均匀的放电;最后分别在90%氩气含量不变,甲烷和空气在当量比为Φ＝0.4～1.9六种情况下进行放电实验。由光谱仪记录不同放电工况下的发射光谱信息,诊断反应产物类型,利用观测到的氮分子第二正带系(0-2)380.4 nm和(1-3)375.4 nm处的发射谱线,与自编程序计算的模拟谱线拟合,得出分子转动温度(即气体温度)。研究结果表明：通过拟合模拟光谱与实验所测发射光谱的方法推测分子转动温度,进而获得气体的平动温度,氩气/空气放电的气体温度可达到1 150 K,氩气/甲烷/空气Φ＝1时放电气体温度升高到1 390 K;甲烷与空气形成不同当量比时,所测等离子体气体温度相对于90%氩气/10%空气混合气体温度的温升在70～240 K范围变化;由光谱信息观测到CH,H,OH和CH₂O等活性粒子的存在以及气体温度的升高,表明可燃成分混合气在射频电场放电作用下发生等离子体燃烧化学反应并释放出化学热。     

激光诱导击穿火焰等离子体光谱研究

采用PI-MAX-II型增强型电荷耦合器件, 用Nd:YAG纳秒脉冲激光器输出的1064 nm强光束击穿在一个大气压的空气中燃烧的酒精灯火焰, 对激光诱导击穿酒精灯火焰产生的等离子体光谱进行了初步研究. 根据美国国家标准与技术研究院原子发射谱线数据库, 对等离子体中的主要元素的特征谱线进行了标识和归属. 通过激光诱导击穿空气等离子体光谱、激光诱导击穿酒精灯火焰等离子体光谱、激光诱导酒精喷灯火焰等离子体光谱的对比分析, 发现不同燃烧状况下的光谱中各原子谱线的相对强度是不同的. 这些结果对于使用激光诱导击穿技术分析和研究碳氢燃料在空气中的燃烧特性具有重要的意义和参考价值, 同时也为将该技术应用于燃烧诊断提供了实验依据.     

Arc plasma devices: Evolving mechanical design from numerical simulation

Wide ranges of technological applications involve arc plasma devices as the primary plasma source for processing work. Recent findings exhibit the existence of appreciable thermal non-equilibrium in these so-called thermal plasma devices. Commercially available magnetohydrodynamic codes are not capable of handling such systems due to unavailability of non-equilibrium thermodynamic and transport property data and self-consistent models. A recipe for obtaining mechanical design of arc plasma devices from numerical simulation incorporating two-temperature thermal non-equilibrium model is presented in this article with reference to the plasma of the mixture of molecular gases like nitrogen and oxygen. Such systems are technologically important as they correspond to the plasma devices operating with air, oxygen plasma torches in cutting industries and plasma devices using nitrogen as shielding gas. Temperature field, associated fluid dynamics and electrical characteristics of a plasma torch are computed in a systematic manner to evaluate the performance of a conceived design using a two-fluid CFD model coupled with a two-temperature thermodynamic and transport property code. Important effects of different nozzle designs and plasma gases obtained from the formalism are discussed. Non-equilibrium thermodynamic properties are computed using modified two-temperature Saha equations and transport properties are computed using standard Chapman–Enskog approach.