电负性气体的掺入对容性耦合Ar等离子体的影响

本文利用朗缪尔静电探针对掺入了电负性气体O₂, Cl₂, SF₆的由4068 MHz激发的单射频容性耦合Ar等离子体进行了诊断测量. 测量结果表明: 随着电负性气体流量的增加, 电子能量概率分布函数出现了高能峰, 高能峰且有向高能侧漂移的现象; 电负性气体掺入Ar等离子体后显著降低了等离子体的电子密度; 电子温度随着电负性气体流量比的增加而升高. 另外, 本文还测量了掺入三种电负性气体后在不同流量比下的混合气体等离子体的电负度α . 对实验现象进行了初步的解释. 关键词： 电负性等离子体 电子密度 电子温度 电负度     

Importance of high local cathode spot pressure on the attachment ofthermal arcs on cold cathodes

The importance of having high local cathode spot pressures for the self-sustaining operation of a thermal arc plasma on a cold cathode is theoretically investigated. Applying a cathode sheath model to a Cu cathode, it is shown that cathode spot plasma pressures ranging 7.4-9.2 atm and 34.2-50 atm for electron temperatures of ~1 eV are needed to account for current densities of 10⁹ and 10¹⁰ A·m^-2, respectively. The study of the different contributions from the ions, the emission electrons, and the back-diffusing plasma electrons to the total current and heat transfer to the cathode spot has allowed us to show the following. 1) Due to the high metallic plasma densities, a strong heating of the cathode occurs and an important surface electric field is established at the cathode surface causing strong thermo-field emission of electrons. 2) Due to the presence of a high density of ions in the cathode vicinity, an important fraction of the total current is carried by the ions and the electron emission is enhanced. 3) The total current is only slightly reduced by the presence of back-diffusing plasma electrons in the cathode sheath. For a current density j_tot=10⁹ A·m^-2 , the current to the cathode surface is mainly transported by the ions (76-91% of j_tot while for a current density j_tot = 10¹⁰ A·m^-2, the thermo-field electrons become the main current carriers (61-72% of j_tot). It is shown that the cathode spot plasma parameters are those of a high pressure metallic gas where deviations from the ideal gas law and important lowering of the ionization potentials are observed     

液体电极上辉光放电丝的运动特性研究

大气压液体电极放电在生物医疗、化学降解、环境保护等众多方面具有广泛的应用前景,引起了研究者的关注.本文利用直流电压激励棒-水电极装置,在6 mm气隙间产生了大气压辉光放电.研究发现,随着电流的增大,放电由锥状转变成柱状,且此过程中水面上放电环的直径先增大后减小.利用高速照相机对放电进行研究,发现锥状放电是由单个放电丝旋转形成的.通过测量放电的伏安特性,表明放电处于正常辉光机理.利用光谱学方法,研究了不同电流下的振动温度、转动温度和谱线强度比I_(391.4)/I_(337.1),发现它们均随电流的增加而增大.根据气体放电理论,分析和解释了放电丝的运动机理,并对水面上放电环直径随电流的变化关系进行了解释.这些结果对于大气压液体电极放电的理论研究和实际应用均具有一定参考价值.     

高气压空气环状感性耦合等离子体实验研究和参数诊断

等离子体的电子密度分布, 电子碰撞频率分布, 覆盖面积, 厚度是影响其覆盖目标电磁散射特征的关键属性. 对此, 本文开展了在20 cm×20 cm×7 cm石英腔内感性耦合等离子体(ICP)的放电实验, 观察了在高气压条件下, 空气ICP的环形放电形态, E-H模式跳变现象和分层结构, 测量了其电负性核心区和电正性边缘区宽度和厚度随功率、气压的变化趋势, 并通过COMSOL Multiphysics对平板线圈磁场强度分布的分析和电负性气体扩散理论给予上述现象合理的解释, 同时, 利用微波透射干涉法测量了核心区域的电子密度随功率和气压的变化曲线, 利用理论模型计算了边缘区域的电子密度分布, 最后通过辅助气体Ar发射谱线的玻尔兹曼图形法得到了核心区和边缘区的电子激发温度.     

Plasma effects in a free electron laser

The introduction of a plasma and a strong guide magnetic field in a free electron laser (FEL) slows down the phase velocity of radiation, significantly reducing the requirements on beam energy for generating frequencies below the electron-cyclotron frequency (ω₁≲ω_c). Around plasma resonance (ω₁~ω_p), the FEL mode couples to two-stream instability (TSI), attaining a large growth rate, comparable to that of the wiggler-free TSI. At plasma densities comparable to beam density, the beam-induced local depression in the electron density of the plasma acts as a waveguide for guiding any high-frequency radiation when the beam current is ≳17 kA     

大气压低温氦等离子体射流的诊断研究

为了加快低温氦气等离子体射流的工程化进程,通过自主设计的同轴式介质阻挡放电等离子体射流发生器,在放电频率10 kHz,一个大气压条件下产生了稳定的氦气等离子体射流。通过分析不同工况下的电压电流波形可以发现单纯增加氦气体积流量只能小幅的增加电流脉冲幅值,而对放电时间、电流脉冲数的影响不大。增加放电峰值电压时电流脉冲幅值会得到较大幅度增加。通过发射光谱法对大气压氦气等离子射流的活性粒子种类、电子激发温度、电子密度进行了诊断。结果表明,大气压氦气等离子体射流中的主要活性粒子为He Ⅰ原子、N₂第二正带系、N+₂的第一负带系、羟基（OH）,H原子的巴尔末线系（H_α和H_β）与O原子,这表明虽然该试验中使用的氦气纯度已达99.99%,但其中仍残留有少量的空气,同时放电时大气中的空气会被卷吸到放电空间发生电离。还可以发现,主要活性粒子的相对光谱强度随氦气体积流量的增加及放电峰值电压的增大均呈现上涨的趋势。选用He Ⅰ原子的四条谱线对不同试验工况下的电子激发温度进行了计算,得到大气压氦气等离子体射流的电子激发温度在3 500~6 300 K之间,电子激发温度随放电峰值电压与氦气体积流量的增大总体上呈现上升的趋势。但由于反向电场的存在,某些峰值电压可能会出现电子激发温度下降的情况;根据Stark展宽原理对大气压氦气等离子体射流的电子密度进行了计算,发现电子密度的数量级可达1015 cm-3,同时增大峰值电压与氦气体积流量均可有效的提高射流中的电子密度。这些参数的研究对氦气等离子体射流在工程实际中的应用具有重要意义。     

毛细管放电类氖氩69.8nm激光增益特性研究

建立了计算69.8nm激光增益系数的理论模型,根据实验参数,计算了在主脉冲电流为12 kA时,69.8nm激光增益系数最大值为0.32 cm~(-1).理论模拟了不同初始气压下增益系数在毛细管径向上的分布情况.对理论结果的分析表明,最佳的初始气压在12—14 Pa范围内,此时69.8nm激光增益系数的极值最大.实验上,利用毛细管放电装置和罗兰光谱仪,测量了不同气压下的69.8nm激光强度,实验确定的最佳气压为16 Pa,与理论结果相近.此外,实验测量的增益系数(0.4 cm~(-1))略高于理论计算的增益系数(0.32 cm~(-1)).     

A cold thermionically emitting dusty air plasma formed by radiativeheating of graphite particulates

Formation of an atmospheric pressure dusty air plasma is explored experimentally in this paper. The plasma is created by seeding an air flow with graphite particles and irradiating the particulates with a focused CO₂ laser beam. The graphite particles are, thus, heated to thermionically emitting temperatures, and average particle temperatures and average particle number densities are measured. The presence of charges is inferred both from these measured quantities using a simple theoretical transient model, and experimentally by applying a dc bias across the irradiated region. It is found that an electron density of ~6.7 × 10⁵ cm^-3 (6.7 × 10¹¹ m^-3) can be produced at steady state in the presence of O₂. This value can be increased to 3.6 × 10⁷ cm^-3 (3.6 × 10¹³ m ^-1) in the ideal case where an electron attachment to O₂ is suppressed and where a lower work function particulate is used     

The TMX heavy ion beam probe

A heavy ion beam probe has been used to measure the radial space potential distribution in the central cell of TMX. This was the first beam probe system to utilize computer control, CAMAC instrumentation, and fast time response for broadband fluctuation capabilities. The fast time response was obtained using off-line processing of the energy analyzer detector signals and wideband transimpedance amplifiers. The on-axis space potential was found to be 300-400 V, with φ_e/T_ec~8. The radial potential profile is parabolic when gas box fueling is used. The frequency of observed fluctuations was found to agree with the E×B plasma rotation frequency during the discharge. The measured Tl⁺⁺ secondary ion current level is consistent with calculations, given reasonable assumptions for beam attenuation     

大气压空气滑动弧等离子体发射光谱诊断

为了解Ar添加对空气滑动弧等离子体的影响,在放电频率f=10 kHz、空气流量q_Air=15 L·min-1、1 atm下进行了Ar体积流量q_Ar对空气-Ar滑动弧放电的影响试验研究,重点分析了不同q_Ar及调压器电压U_调下空气等离子体的活性粒子种类、电子密度及振动温度。结果表明,滑动弧等离子体区的主要活性粒子为OH、N₂的第二正带系、Hα、O原子、ArⅠ及ArⅡ原子,其中O原子及ArⅠ、ArⅡ原子的相对光谱强度明显较强;随着q_Ar的增大,O（777.4 nm）的相对光谱强度先缓慢增长、再快速增大到极大值、随后缓慢减小并趋于稳定,O（777.4 nm）的相对光谱强度在1 580~6 650 a.u.之间变化;随U_调增大,O（777.4 nm）的相对光谱强度增大,且电压对其影响受q_Ar的影响：在高q_Ar（4~6 L·min-1）工况下,O（777.4 nm）的相对光谱强度变化趋势较大;Ar的加入使OH（313.4 nm）相对光谱强度有明显增加,OH（313.4 nm）相对光谱强度在235~311 a.u.之间变化;随着q_Ar的增大,OH（313.4 nm）相对光谱强度先增大再减小并趋于稳定。在较低U_调（100 V）工况下,OH（313.4 nm）的相对光谱强度随q_Ar变化不明显;而随着U_调增大,OH（313.4 nm）的相对光谱强度随q_Ar变化明显：在低q_Ar（0~4 L·min-1）工况下,OH（313.4 nm）的相对光谱强度随q_Ar增大而明显增大。利用Hα谱线做高斯拟合进行电子密度分析计算,得到电子密度在1.15~2.04×1017 cm-3之间。空气流量一定,Ar的加入能显著增加电子密度：在q_Ar为0~4 L·min-1工况下,电子密度增长趋势明显,随着q_Ar的继续增大,在较低U_调（100~120 V）工况下,电子密度先增大再减小并趋于稳定;在较高U_调（140~160 V）工况下,电子密度先增大再缓慢增大并趋于稳定。U_调变化也会对电子密度造成影响,电子密度随U_调增大而增大,且随U_调增大,电子密度增长趋势变快。