An improved approach for hydrogen analysis in metal samples using single laser-induced gas plasma and target plasma at helium atmospheric pressure

We report in this paper the results of an experimental study on hydrogen analysis of solid samples in high pressure helium ambient gas employing the basic scheme of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). It is shown that the metastable excited state of helium atom can be utilized to induce delayed excitation of the ablated hydrogen atoms, and thereby avoid the Stark broadening effect as well as overcoming the undesirable mismatch effect, which are responsible for inefficient excitation respectively. It is further demonstrated that for samples of high boiling-point materials such as zircaloy, successful hydrogen analysis can be achieved by a newly introduced double excitation technique employing single laser realized in a modified configuration of the conventional LIBS method. PACS 51-52     

Expansion dynamics of atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet in ambient air

In this work, the expansion dynamics of a helium plasma jet in ambient air is examined. By using a fast imaging technique, the expansion of plasma jet from glass nozzle to air is captured which is in the form of plasma bullet propagating into the air. To understand the plasma bullet travel path from glass nozzle to plasma jet tip a drag force model is used. Moreover, the spatial variation of plasma density along the plasma jet length is estimated using drift velocity, plasma jet current and the cross-sectional area of the plasma jet. It is observed that the slight increase in plasma density is due to the combined effect of reduction of drift velocity, plasma jet current, and jet cross-sectional area. The obtained plasma density from glass nozzle to jet tip is in the range of (0.069-5.96) × 10¹² cm⁻³. The above parameters can be of the essence in biological and industrial applications.     

激光诱导Al等离子体在背景气体中的流体现象

调Q-YAG脉冲激光（波长1.06μm,脉宽10ns,能量为250mJ/pu1se）烧蚀Al靶,用短焦距照相系统和光学多道分析仪（OMA）记录了等离子体在氩气背景气体及不同压强下所呈现的流体现象及其等离子体辐射的空间分辨光谱。实验发现,当背景气压为400Pa以下时,在靶面上存在一个明亮的发光球体,球体直径远大于激光烧蚀斑的大小,此球体向四周辐射等离子体光谱,只是在垂直靶面的方向辐射相对较强。在气压约为400Pa,等离子体辐射才以较为明显的羽状体形态向前喷散,且随气压增高,喷散的立体角变小。随着背景气压的继续升高,等离子体羽被压缩,成为一个明亮的发光小羽状体,当气压达20～30kPa,发光羽状体开始出现分解的迹象,在羽状体前端形成一个光球。气压继续升高,等离子体羽完全变成一串发光球。离开靶面越远,发光球的半径越大。用光学多道分析系统分析这些发光球的光谱特征,发现在靶面附近主要是Al等离子体的谱线,而较远的发光球,其主要谱线则来自背景气体。在气压为20kPa左右,等离子休羽呈现烧蚀点为明亮的白色亮点,而羽端为鲜艳绿色（氩的514nm）的彩色羽。     

大气压冷等离子体喷枪气体温度的比较研究

采用介质阻挡放电等离子体喷枪装置,在大气压下流动气体(氩气和痕量氮气)中产生了稳定的喷射等离子体.通过拍摄喷枪发光照片,研究了喷射等离子体长度随气体流量的变化关系.利用高分辨率光谱仪采集等离子体羽处的发射光谱,通过对发射光谱中N+2的第一负系(B 2Σ+u→X 2Σ+g,390～391.6 nm)谱线拟合得到了射流等离...     

Influence of ambient pressure on properties and expansion of laser-induced plasma

A Nd:YAG pulsed laser is used to ablate HgCdTe target at different ambient pressures, the emission spectrum is detected by a time- and space-resolved diagnostic technique. It is found that the characteristics of time-resolved emission spectra are influenced by the pressure of background gas. A theoretical model is developed to investigate expansion mechanism of plasma, the time evolution of the propagation distances and the velocities of plasma plume are calculated by the model at pressures of 1.01 × 105, 1000, and 5 Pa,respectively. The calculated results are well consistent with the experimental data.     

A computational modeling study on the helium atmospheric pressure plasma needle discharge

A two-dimensional coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics is employed to investigate the streamer dynamics in a helium plasma needle at atmospheric pressure. A parametric study of the streamer propagation as a function of needle tip curvature radius and helium gas flow rate is presented. The key chemical reactions at the He/air mixing layer which drive the streamer propagation are the direct ionization via collision with electrons, the Penning effect being not so crucial. With increasing the gas flow rate from 0.2 standard liter per minute(SLM) to 0.8 SLM, however, the emissions resulting from reactive oxygen and nitrogen species change from a solid circle to a hollow profile and the average streamer propagation velocity decreases. Air impurities(backdiffusion from ambient air) in the helium jet result in a significant increase in the streamer propagation velocity. Besides, with decreasing the tip curvature radiusfrom 200 μm to 100 μm,the electron avalanche process around the near-tip region is more pronounced. However, the spatially resolved plasma parameters distributions(electron, helium metastables, ground state atomic oxygen, etc.) remain almost the same, except that around the near-tip region where their peak values are more than doubled.     

Two-dimensional numerical study of an atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet with dual-power electrode

In this paper,the characteristics of an atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet generated by a dual-power electrode(DPE) configuration are investigated by using a two-dimensional fluid model.The effect of a needle electrode on the discharge is studied by comparing the results of the DPE configuration with those of the single ring electrode configuration.It is found that the existence of the needle leads to the generation of a helium plasma jet with a higher propagation velocity,higher species density,and larger discharge width.Furthermore,the influences of the needle radius and needle-to-ring discharge gap on the generation of a plasma jet are also studied.The simulation results indicate that the needle electrode has an evident influence on the plasma jet characteristics.     

Effects of secondary electron emission on plasma characteristics in dual-frequency atmospheric pressure helium discharge by fluid modeling

A one-dimensional(1D) fluid simulation of dual frequency discharge in helium gas at atmospheric pressure is carried out to investigate the role of the secondary electron emission on the surfaces of the electrodes. In the simulation, electrons,ions of He~+ and He_2~+, metastable atoms of He*and metastable molecules of He*_2 are included. It is found that the secondary electron emission coefficient significantly influences plasma density and electric field as well as electron heating mechanisms and ionization rate. The particle densities increase with increasing SEE coefficient from 0 to 0.3 as well as the sheath's electric field and electron source. Moreover, the SEE coefficient also influences the electron heating mechanism and electron power dissipation in the plasma and both of them increase with increasing SEE coefficient within the range from 0 to 0.3 as a result of increasing of electron density.     

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采用Langmuir探针法结合发射光谱法对螺旋波诱导的低压氢等离子体进行诊断,根据Druyvesteyn 方法和日冕模型分析电子能量几率函数(EEPF)、有效电子温度(Teff)、电子密度(ne)及激发态氢原子密度(nH*)随实验参数的变化规律.结果表明:随射频功率(Prf)、气压(p)和约束磁场(B)的增大,EEPF峰位由高能向低能移动,Teff 下降;当Prf从25W增大至35W左右时,ne发生跳跃增长,而nH*始终随Prf增大线性增长;随p增大,ne和nH*都呈现先增加后减小的变化规律;随B增强,ne线性增长,而nH*先增大后减小.     

Analysis of sodium aerosol using transversely excited atmospheric CO2 laser-induced gas plasma spectroscopy

Taking advantages of the special characteristics of a transversely excited atmospheric (TEA) CO₂ laser, the analysis of sodium aerosol has been successfully conducted by using laser-induced gas plasma spectroscopy (LIGPS) method. In this study, the sodium aerosol was deposited on a nickel metal plate; the metal plate functions as a subtarget to initiate a gas plasma. When a pulsed TEA CO₂ laser was focused on the metal surface, a large-volume and high-temperature gas plasma was induced. The fine particles of sodium then entered into the gas plasma region to be dissociated and excited. By using this technique, a semi quantitative analysis of sodium aerosol was made. The detection limit of sodium was approximately 200 ppb.     

Characteristics of emission from laser-induced plasma of metallic compounds in gaseous condition: The effects of gas pressure and laser pulse energy

Low-pressure laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was employed to measure mercury, strontium, and cesium under different conditions. Mercury was measured in detail to discuss the effects of pressure, laser pulse energy, delay time, and buffer gas. The continuum emission from plasma reduced dramatically to enhance signal-to-background ratio due to the change of influence of electron impact ionization process when reducing pressure and decreasing laser pulse energy to some extent. The comparison of mercuric chloride and mercury, as well as strontium and cesium measurements, demonstrates the enhancement of detection ability for trace species measurement using low-pressure LIBS.     

A spectroscopic study of the effect of humidity on the atmospheric pressure helium plasma jets

Atmospheric-pressure plasma has a great potential in many applications due to its simplicity rather than low pressure plasmas. In material processing, biomedical applications, and many other applications, the input power, gas flow rate, and the geometry of electrode have been mainly considered and studied as important external parameters of atmospheric-pressure plasma control. Besides, since the atmospheric-pressure plasmas are typically generated in an open air, the relative humidity is difficult to control and can change day by day. Therefore, the relative humidity cannot be ignored for plasmas. Thus, in this work, the atmospheric-pressure plasma jet was characterized by changing relative humidity, and it was found that the increase in electron density and OH radicals are due to Penning ionization between helium metastable and water vapors at higher humidity condition.     

Parametric study of radiofrequency helium discharge under atmospheric pressure

The parameters of radiofrequency helium discharge under atmospheric pressure were studied by electrical and optical measurements using high voltage probe, current probe and optical emission spectroscopy. Two discharge modes α and γ were observed within certain limits. During α to γ mode transition, a decrease in voltage (280–168 V), current (2.05–1.61 A) and phase angle (76^°–56^°) occurred. The discharge parameters such as resistance, reactance, sheath thickness, electron density, excitation temperature and gas temperature were assessed by electrical measurements using equivalent circuit model and optical emission spectroscopy. In α mode, the discharge current increased from 1.17 to 2.05 A, electron density increased from 0.19 × 10¹² to 0.47 × 10¹² cm^?3 while sheath thickness decreased from 0.40 to 0.25 mm. The excitation temperatures in the α and γ modes were 3266 and 4500 K respectively, evaluated by Boltzmann’s plot method. The estimated gas temperature increased from 335 K in the α mode to 485 K in the γ mode, suggesting that the radiofrequency atmospheric pressure helium discharge can be used for surface treatment applications.     

大气压双频氦气放电等离子体特性的数值研究

用一维流体模型研究了大气压双频氦气放电等离子体的特性。数值模拟的结果表明,在单、双频放电中,随着应用电压的增加,电子密度和放电电流都增加。相对于单频放电,双频放电中低频源的耦合效应使得放电中的电流以及电子密度降低。随着低频源电压峰值的增加,电子密度降低,离子通量,电子损失能量以及电子吸收能量均降低;但电子温度和电势随着低频源电压峰值的增加而增加。在相同低频源电压下,随着高频源电压的增加离子流非线性增加。     

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Based on one dimensional fluid model, the characteristics of helium plasma discharge driven by dual frequency at atmospheric pressure were studied. The results show that the electron density and discharge current increase with power voltage both in single frequency discharge and dual frequency discharge. In comparison with single frequency discharge, the discharge current and electron density in dual frequency discharge are lowered due to the coupling of low frequency source. As the voltage of low frequency source increases, the electron density, ion flux, electron energy dissipation, as well as electron heating decrease, whereas electron temperature and potential increase. As the voltage of high frequency source increases, the ion flux nonlinearly increases at the same voltage of low frequency source.     

微秒脉冲激励的大气压氦等离子体射流放电特性北大核心CSCD

研究了不同电极结构以及放电参数对微秒脉冲激励的氦等离子体射流放电特性的影响。实验中采用不同管内径、不同电极形状、不同重复频率等参数,通过采集放电阶段的电流电压图、发光图像以及发射光谱等,对等离子体射流的电学特性和光学特性进行诊断。实验结果表明,随着管内直径的增大,氦等离子体射流的长度减小;管内径为8mm时,等离子体射流的击穿电压与放电电流最小,同时,其发射光谱中第二正带系N2,N+2和O等高能活性粒子的强度最高;管内径为5mm的等离子体射流的放电电流、功率及消耗的能量最大;在相同实验条件下,针尖电极结构中的放电电流、消耗的功率还有发射光谱强度都较大;随着重复频率的增加,氦等离子体射流的长度会增加,但击穿电压减小。     

微秒脉冲激励的大气压氦等离子体射流放电特性

研究了不同电极结构以及放电参数对微秒脉冲激励的氦等离子体射流放电特性的影响。实验中采用不同管内径、不同电极形状、不同重复频率等参数, 通过采集放电阶段的电流电压图、发光图像以及发射光谱等, 对等离子体射流的电学特性和光学特性进行诊断。实验结果表明, 随着管内直径的增大, 氦等离子体射流的长度减小;管内径为8 mm时, 等离子体射流的击穿电压与放电电流最小, 同时, 其发射光谱中第二正带系N2, N+2和O等高能活性粒子的强度最高;管内径为5 mm的等离子体射流的放电电流、功率及消耗的能量最大;在相同实验条件下, 针尖电极结构中的放电电流、消耗的功率还有发射光谱强度都较大;随着重复频率的增加, 氦等离子体射流的长度会增加, 但击穿电压减小。     

发射光谱研究大气压等离子体射流的气体温度

采用介质阻挡放电等离子体喷枪装置,在大气压下流动氩气中产生了射流等离子体。利用光电倍增管,对射流等离子体进行了时空分辨测量,分析了等离子体喷枪内介质阻挡放电和外部等离子体羽的放电特性。利用高分辨率光谱仪采集等离子体羽处的发射光谱,通过对发射光谱中OH(A2Σ+→X2Π,307.7～308.9nm)及N2+的第一负系(B2Σ+u→X2Π+g,390～391.6nm)谱线拟合得到了射流等离子体的转动温度,拟合得到的转动温度分别为443和450K。在5%的误差范围内,这2种方法得到的结果是一致的。由于在大气压下,转动温度近似等于产生气体放电的气体温度,所以可以确定大气压射流等离子体气体温度。利用该方法研究了不同电压下的气体温度,发现气体温度随着外加电压增加而增大。     

Temporal gas temperature of atmospheric pressure air plasma

In this paper, temporal gas temperature in plasma was measured by Rayleigh scattering in a passive way since synchronization was difficult due to the randomness of current pulses. The plasma was generated between a 10 mm pin-to-plane gap connected to a H.V DC voltage through a 130 MΩ resistor and a skin sample was placed on a grounded plate. Even the plasma can be touched by a human hand without any feeling of warmth, the peak temperature could be 337 K then decrease to 295 K over 60 μs at 1 mm. Moreover, the applied voltage dramatically affects peak current and the peak temperature. Therefore, the transient “high” temperature cannot be touched and the so-called “cold” plasma might not be “cold”.     

Photoluminescence and terahertz emission from femtosecond laser-induced plasma channels

Luminescence as a mechanism for terahertz emission from femtosecond laser-induced plasmas is studied. By using a fully microscopic theory, Coulomb scattering between electrons and ions is shown to lead to luminescence even for a spatially homogeneous plasma. The spectral features introduced by the rod geometry of laser-induced plasma channels in air are discussed on the basis of a generalized mode-function analysis.