Discharge characteristics with respect to width of addresselectrode using three-dimensional analysis

A numerical analysis of the microdischarge in a surface-type AC plasma display cell has been made using the time-dependent, three-dimensional (3-D) fluid equations to understand the discharge characteristics. We investigate the breakdown dynamics with the width of address electrode and barrier ribs, because the typical 3-D parameters in an AC plasma display panel (AC PDP) model are the width of address electrode and the barrier ribs. It has been clarified that the width of address electrode has important role of the formation of discharge volume with the wall annihilation by barrier ribs and the accumulation of wall charges on the part of address electrode. The obtained time dependent spatial characteristics of an AC PDP discharge with the width of address electrode and the effect of wall annihilation by barrier ribs will help us to design the optimized AC PDP cells to get stable write and sustain discharges     

An atmospheric-pressure nitrogen-plasma jet produced from microdischarges in a porous dielectric

This report presents an atmospheric-pressure nitrogen-plasma jet generated from microdischarges in a porous dielectric. A plasma jet with a length of 42 mm was produced by feeding nitrogen gas through a porous alumina installed between an outer electrode and a hollow inner electrode and by applying 60 Hz sinusoidal voltage wave to the electrodes. Microdischarges in the porous alumina are ejected as a plasma jet from the outer electrode through a 1 mm hole by increasing the applied voltage, showing that the temperature of the jet decreases to a value close to room temperature. Even at a frequency as low as 60 Hz, the plasma that evolves from a large amount of microdischarge inside a porous dielectric can have characteristics that are similar to those generated at several hundreds of kilohertz. From the electrical measurements, it is expected that not only the steady generation but also the frequency of the pulses resulting from the microdischarges in the porous dielectric play an important role in obtaining a stable plasma jet. We also identified the various excited plasma species produced from the plasma jet by an optical emission spectroscopy.     

Atmospheric Pressure DC Glow Discharge in Semiconductor Gas Discharge Electronic Devices

The stabilization of dc glow discharges in a dc plasma is studied experimentally in air and neon media functions of pressure $p$, interelectrode distances $d$, and diameter $D$ of the cathode areas in the semiconductor gas discharge electronic devices (SGDED) with GaAs cathode. Comparision of current and discharge light emission (DLE) from SGDED are used for the determination of the stabilization under low- and atmospheric-pressure glow microdischarge conditions. It is found that uniform DLE can be generated in Ne up to atmosphere pressure different from the case in air under specific conditions. Apart from the homegeneous results, nonhomogeneous current–voltage characteristic forms are also observed for some parameter sets. The experimental results reveal different discharge behaviors in both gas media at atmospheric pressure.      

大气压氩直流微放电光谱研究

微空心阴极放电或微放电是一种能够实现高气压下放电的有效方法。利用不锈钢空心针作阴极,不锈钢网作阳极,进行了大气压氩直流微放电实验研究。测量了大气压氩微放电光谱,发现氩气的发 射谱线主要集中在690～860 nm范围,且全部为氩原子4p—4s的跃迁。实验研究了不同放电电流、气体压强、气体流量与谱线强度之间的关系,发现谱线强度随放电电流、气体流量增加均增加,而谱线强 度随压强变化呈现不同特征：谱线强度随压强的增加先增加后降低,在13.3 kPa时强度最大。此外,选用跃迁波长为763.51和772.42 nm的两条光谱线,利用发射谱线强度比值法测量了氩气微放电等离子 体的电子激发温度。结果显示,其电子激发温度处于2 000～2 800 K之间,且随放电电流的增加而增加,随气体压强和气体流量的增加而降低。     

First Results of Biasing Experiments on the T-10 Tokamak

The first results of the electrode biasing experiments performed on the T-10 tokamak are presented. Positive voltage applied to an electrode inserted inside the tokamak limiter results in the H-mode transition characterised by a decrease of D emission intensity, a rise of line-average plasma density and an increase in energy lifetime. Growth of core electron and ion temperatures during the electrode biasing implies the formation of the thermal barrier in addition to the particle transport barrier.     

Wide gas-ion beam source based on an arc discharge in a nonuniform magnetic field

The construction of an ion source based on a low-pressure arc with a screened cathode spot is described. The source is ignited by an auxiliary glow discharge in a magnetron electrode system. Ions are extracted from the plasma of the anode part of the arc, generated in a reflective electrode system. The effect of the magnetic induction and the emitter electrode potential on the parameters of the anode plasma was investigated, and the conditions required for generation of a dense uniform plasma, ion emission from which gives beams of ions of nitrogen, argon, oxygen, other gases with cross section 100 cm², current density 10 mA/cm² and nonuniformity of the plasma distribution in the beam cross section 10%, were determined. The formation of wide and converging beams with ion energies up to 50 keV by multiple-aperture ion-optic systems were examined. The source operates in the periodic-pulse mode. The repetition frequency of 1-msec pulses can be regulated from 0 to 50 sec^–1 giving an average beam current of up to 50 mA. It is intended for use in technologies for modification of the surface properties of materials and deposition of thin films. A cold cathode makes possible prolonged operation of the source with chemically active gases.Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshykh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 66–75, March, 1994.     

A wire-to-wire type nonthermal plasma reactor with ferroelectric pellet barrier

A new wire-to-wire type of discharge plasma reactor with ferroelectric pellet barrier has been proposed and investigated experimentally. It was found that there were intense microdischarge currents taking place on the AC corona-charged surfaces of the ferroelectric pellet barrier. These surfaces were placed on the bottom wire electrode in the reactor. This type of nonthermal plasma reactor was found to generate a corona discharge twice per half cycle of the applied AC high voltage, once from the upper corona wire and again from the surface of the pellet barrier.As a result, the proposed plasma reactor has the potential to greatly increase ozone production and may find use as an effective means for removing pollutant gases.     

Evolution on Z-pinch in argon-filled capillary

A capillary plasma Z-pinch as an alternative active medium of soft X-ray lasers was studied experimentally and theoretically. The theoretical analysis was based on the self-consistent solution of the so called snow-plow model of plasma pinch together with feeding double-resonance circuit. The calculated development of the current as well as the evaluated pinch time are in good agreement with the measured ones. The experimental pinch time was evaluated from the time-resolved measurement of broad band soft X-ray emission.     

Production of Capacitively Coupled Atmospheric Plasma Jet With Multiring Electrodes for the Medical Plasma Tool

An atmospheric capacitively coupled plasma jet has been developed by using multiring-electrode configurations for medical applications. It was found that the discharge conditions for plasma-jet production expanded with the increase of the number of pairs of multiring electrodes. The length of the plasma jet increased with the increase of the injected power and helium-gas flow rate. The temperature of the plasma jet, measured by a thermocouple, decreased with the increase of gas flow rate and was then attained to be around 50 $^{circ}hbox{C}$ at a helium flow rate of 30 L/min. Optical measurements of plasma-jet emission showed various optical emissions from helium atoms, nitrogen atoms, hydroxyl radicals, and metal atoms originating from the electrode material.      

High-field autosolitons in an electron-hole plasma in <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Ge

The formation of high-field thermodiffusion autosolitons was studied experimentally in a photogenerated electron-hole plasma heated up by an electric field in p-Ge samples oriented along the 〈111〉 axis at T=77 K. Measurements of the current-voltage characteristics, electric field distributions along the samples, and IR emission in the wavelength range λ=1.65–10 μm showed that the arising of an autosoliton was accompanied by the appearance of N-shaped current-voltage characteristic regions. Autosolitons were formed at electron-hole plasma concentrations n≥1×10¹⁴ cm^?3 and field strengths E≥500 V/cm. They manifested themselves as static, moving, and pulsating strata with field strengths E _as =1000–20000 V/cm and carrier temperatures T _e ≥1000 K. We also observed a turbulent electron-hole plasma state when autosolitons chaotically appeared and disappeared in the samples. The multivalley band structure of germanium influenced the dynamics of autosoliton formation; intervalley transfer of electrons in the strong field of autosolitons caused a three-step autosoliton field growth.     

A Method of Using a Carbon Fiber Spiral-Contact Electrode to Achieve Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge in Air

During discharge, appropriately changing the development paths of electron avalanches and increasing the number of initial electrons can effectively inhibit the formation of filamentary discharge. Based on the aforementioned phenomenon, we propose a method of using microdischarge electrodes to produce a macroscopic discharge phenomenon. In the form of an asymmetric structure composed of a carbon fiber electrode, an electrode structure of carbon fiber spiral-contact type is designed to achieve an atmospheric pressure glow discharge in air, which is characterized by low discharge voltage, low energy consumption, good diffusion and less ozone generation.     

Remarkable effects of uniaxial stress on stimulated far IR emission from hot holes in germanium in crossed electric and magnetic fields

Stimulated far IR emission due to l-h as well as cyclotron transitions of hot holes in uniaxially stressedp-Ge (P H E) was studied. The results obtained showed the significance of intersub-band hole tunnelling for these mechanisms of generation and may be explained by a change in tunnelling produced by the stress. A considerable expansion of the stimulated light hole cyclotron emission band was observed in a stressed crystal. This expansion allows covering (in one sample) of all generation bands in the light hole cyclotron resonance (CR) masers in unstressedp-Ge, reported so far.     

Characterization of a collinear double pulse laser-induced plasma at several ambient gas pressures by spectrally- and time-resolved imaging

A collinear double pulse laser-induced plasma was characterised by means of a spectrally and time resolved imaging technique. The beams of two Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers were focused on a brass target in a vacuum chamber to form the plasma. The plume emission intensity and spatial distribution were recorded with temporal resolution using an intensified CCD. Using a set of interference filters, we collected images of the emission from the major target components as well as from oxygen. Both the laser inter-pulse separation (in the range between 0 and 10 s) and the ambient air pressure value (in the range between 10⁵ and 10 Pa) were varied during the experiment. At atmospheric pressure, an enhancement of the line emission from the target elements was observed for delayed laser pulses compared to coincident pulses. However, this enhancement effect tends to fall at low pressure values, and a decrease of the signal is observed for pressures under about 10⁴ Pa. Moreover, it was observed that the evaluation of the enhancement factor strongly depends on the detector field of view. The propagation of the emitting plume was also studied at several pressures and inter-pulse delays.     

Electron emission from sandwich cathodes with mica dielectric layer

The measurements of the leakage and emission characteristics of sandwich cathodes with a mica dielectric layer are described. The thickness of the mica varied between 0.6–11 m, the thickness of the upper gold electrode was about 200 Å. The leakage characteristics were well reproducible, the leakage current density was 10^–11–10^–5 A/cm². The emission characteristics had an exponential form, the emission currents were quite unstable. In some cases the transmission coefficient attained much greater values than for other sandwich cathodes (0.5). At higher applied voltage spontaneous slow relaxation oscillations of the emission current were observed. A qualitative interpretation of the observed phenomena is made.Presented at the 13th Field Emission Symposium in Ithaca (New York), U.S.A. in September 1966.     

Investigation on RF styrene plasma by emission spectroscopy

In order to gain an insight into the processes in an RF styrene plasma, gas phase plasmas were investigated by emission spectroscopy. The plasma reactor was a bell-jar-type chamber with two parallel plate electrodes. The measurement of plasma emission spectra was made with axial resolution. The correlations among the emission intensities of CH and C₄H₂⁺ species, the polymer deposition rate and the polymeric structure of the deposited films were studied. The proposed analysis showed that the gas flow pattern in the plasma reactor, and the difference in collisions between styrene monomer molecules and energetic free electrons occurring in the plasma region and RF sheath, made the fragments and ions produced change in the different regions, resulting in a change in polymeric structure and deposition rate of the polymer films. With increasing distance between the substrate position and the lower electrode, the deposition rate and the concentration of phenyl groups both at the polymer surface and in the bulk decreased     

Effect of conductivity anisotropy on the current-density and heat-flux distributions in high-current plasma accelerators

An experimental study was made of the heat-flux and current-density distributions along the length of the outer electrode in a high-current end-type plasma accelerator with different electrode polarities. When the outer electrode is anode, the heat-flux and current-density maxima move toward the end of the outer electrode. When the outer electrode is cathode, the maxima move in the opposite direction. These effects are explained in terms of an anisotropy of the conductivity in the accelerator, which is particularly pronounced in the sheath near the electrode.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii Fizika, No. 10, pp. 56–61, October, 1970.     

Space-charge limitation of secondary electron emission

The paper deals with the calculation of the potential minimum due to the emission of true secondary electrons from a plane electrode. The results together with the corresponding limitation of the emission current are given in the form of graphs because an analytical solution of the problem is impossible.     

High energy radiation precursors to the collapse of black holes binaries based on resonating plasma modes

The presence of well organized plasma structures around binary systems of collapsed objects [1], [2] (black holes and neutron stars) is proposed in which processes can develop [3] leading to high energy electromagnetic radiation emission immediately before the binary collapse. The formulated theoretical model supporting this argument shows that resonating plasma collective modes can be excited in the relevant magnetized plasma structure. Accordingly, the collapse of the binary approaches, with the loss of angular momentum by emission of gravitational waves [2], the resonance conditions with vertically standing plasma density and magnetic field oscillations are met. Then, secondary plasma modes propagating along the magnetic field are envisioned to be sustained with mode-particle interactions producing the particle populations responsible for the observable electromagnetic radiation emission. Weak evidence for a precursor to the binary collapse reported in Ref. [2], has been offered by the Agile X-γ-ray observatory [4] while the August 17 (2017) event, identified first by the LIGO-Virgo detection of gravitational waves and featuring the inferred collapse of a neutron star binary, improves the evidence of such a precursor. A new set of experimental observations is needed to reassess the presented theory.     

Energetic heavy-Ion and proton generation from ultraintense laser-plasma interactions with solids

Heavy ions with energies up to 430+/-40 MeV have been measured from laser-solid interactions at focused intensities of up to 5x10(19) W/cm(2). Observations of proton emission indicate significant structure in the energy spectrum as well as an angular emission profile which varies with energy. Two qualitatively different components of ion emission are observed: (i) a high-energy component which is likely generated by a combination of "Coulomb explosion" and acceleration by the space charge force from hot electrons which escape the plasma, and (ii) a lower-energy component which forms a ring likely created by magnetic fields in the ablated plasma.     

双频容性耦合等离子体相分辨发射光谱诊断

采用相分辨发射光谱法, 对双频容性耦合纯Ar和不同含O₂量的Ar-O₂混合气体放电等离子体的鞘层激发模式进行了探究. 在射频耦合电源上极板的鞘层区域处观察到两种电子激发模式: 鞘层扩张引起的电子碰撞激发模式和二次电子引起的电子碰撞激发模式; 并发现这两种激发模式均受到低频射频电源周期的调制. 在纯Ar放电等离子体中, 两种激发模式的激发轮廓相似; 而在Ar-O₂混合气放电等离子体中, 随着含O₂量的增加, 二次电子的激发轮廓变弱. 此外, 利用相分辨发射光谱法对不同含O₂量的Ar-O₂混合气放电下Ar的 750.4 nm谱线的平均低频电源周期轴向分布进行了研究, 得到了距耦合电源上极板约3.8 mm处为双频容性耦合射频等离子体的鞘层边界. 关键词： 双频容性耦合等离子体 等离子体鞘层 发射光谱