Electrodischarge Ultraviolet Xenon/Iodine Lamp

The emission characteristics of the low-pressure electrodischarge UV lamp based on a mixture of xenon with iodine vapors have been investigated. The lamp was pumped in a dc longitudinal flow discharge with an interelectrode spacing of 50 cm at an electric power of discharge of 50–250 W. We investigated the volt-ampere characteristics, the plasma radiation spectra, and the dependences of the radiation power and efficiency of the lamp on the discharge electric power and the partial pressure of xenon in the mixture. The total radiation power of the electrodischarge lamp in the 206– 350-nm range reaches 22 W at an efficiency of ≤11%.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 247–250, March–April, 2005.     

Characteristics of a Glow Discharge in a Krypton/Elegas/Air Mixture

The longitudinal glow discharge in the Kr/SF₆/air mixture at a pressure of P = 0.7–6.0 kPa has been investigated. The electric characteristics and plasma radiation in the spectral region 150–340 nm are studied. The optimization of the radiation brightness (power) at = 249 nm in the KrF(B–X) mixture and in the nitrogen bands is carried out depending on the workingmedium composition and current magnitude. It is shown that a d.c. discharge in the Kr/SF₆/(N₂:O₂) mixture can be used in the multiwave UV–VUV radiation source on a system of the KrF and N₂ molecular bands.     

UV Radiation Source Based on the Plasma of a Glow Discharge in a Mixture of Helium with Water Vapors

The results on the optical characteristics of the glow–discharge plasma in an He/H₂O mixture are presented. It has been established that it is a source of UV radiation in the region 306–315 nm (_max = 309.6 nm). Radiation lines of the atoms of hydrogen (H 486.1 nm and H 656.3 nm) and helium (491.1, 501.1, 587.6, and 667.8 nm) were recorded in the visible region of the spectrum; they can be used as diagnostic lines in measuring the parameters of this plasma (n _e, T _e) by the method of emission spectroscopy. The intensity of the UV bands and of the spectral lines HI and HeI have been optimized depending on the partial pressure of helium and the discharge current. The results obtained are of interest for the development of an ecologically pure source of UV radiation on the basis of chemiluminescence of water vapors in a longitudinal glow discharge.     

Emission characteristics and parameters of a glow discharge in an argon-xenon-chlorine mixture

We present the results of a study of the emission characteristics of a low-pressure longitudinal glow discharge in an Ar-Xe-Cl₂ mixture (p = 0.5–6.0 kPa) and numerical modeling of its plasma parameters as a function of the parameter E/P. We optimized the average emission power of the discharge in the spectral range 160–310 nm as a function of the discharge current, the pressure and composition of the gas mixture. The plasma parameters were calculated for the optimal mixture (according to experimental data) and included obtaining the dependences of the electron transport and energy characteristics, the power losses per unit pressure in the discharge going toward elementary electron processes in the plasma, and also the ionization and attachment coefficients as a function of the parameter E/P. The results of numerical modeling of the glow discharge parameters allow us to provide a qualitative basis for the emission distribution in the spectrum of a plasma based on an Ar-Xe-Cl₂ mixture. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 563–567, July–August, 2008.     

Kinetics of the Excited States of Helium in an Atmospheric-Pressure Glow Discharge in a Helium-Nitrogen Mixture

Using an atomic-absorption spectral analysis technique, we determined the concentrations of helium atoms in states 2¹S, 2¹P, 2³S, and 2³P in an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge in helium (99.98%) and in a mixture of helium with nitrogen (99.5%He+0.5%N₂). It is shown that the population of the lower excited levels of helium atoms (n = 2) in its mixture with nitrogen is almost an order of magnitude smaller than in the case of a discharge in helium. The maximum of the concentration of excited atoms in a discharge both in helium and in its mixture with nitrogen is in the cathode region at a distance of about 0.1 mm from the cathode. The reaction of quenching of excited helium atoms by nitrogen molecules is responsible for the sharp decrease in the concentration of He(n = 2) on addition of nitrogen into helium. Presented at the 5th Symposium on Physics and Diagnostics of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro, Minsk, Belarus, September 20–23, 2004; 12th International Congress on Plasma Physics, October 25–29, 2004, Nice, France. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 530–537, July–August, 2005.     

Short-wavelength emission characteristics of a longitudinal bromine vapor glow discharge in a quartz tube

The output emission characteristics are presented in the spectral range 150–350 nm for a longitudinal bromine vapor glow discharge in a quartz tube (inner diameter 1.4 cm, interelectrode distance 10 cm). Pressure of the working mixtures: P = 0.2–1.0 kPa. The emission spectrum of the lamp based on an He-Br₂ mixture consists of the 163.3 nm and 157.6 nm spectral lines of the bromine atom and a system of molecular bromine bands (170–300 nm). The total power of UV-VUV emission of the lamp based on an He-Br₂ mixture is 5 W max for efficiency <10%. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 6, pp. 816–819, November–December, 2007.     

大气压介质阻挡辉光放电中放电电流的测量与分析

介质阻挡放电产生的低温等离子体具有广泛的应用前景而成为研究热点。文章利用平行平板介质阻挡放电装置,在流动的氦气中实现了大气压均匀辉光放电,得到了大气压下的均匀等离子体。利用电学方法将放电电流从总电流中分离出来,从而得到了辉光放电的放电电流。通过分析放电电流、外加电压、气隙上电压以及壁电荷电量之间的相互关系,可以研究气体放电过程中壁电荷积累的微观动力学行为。实验结果表明壁电荷主要是在放电电流脉冲持续期间积累的,但电流脉冲结束后,由于气隙电压没有改变极性,壁电荷还会逐渐积累,气隙电压改变极性后,壁电荷量随时间减小。这些结果对壁电荷在介质阻挡辉光放电中作用的深入研究和大气压介质阻挡辉光放电的工业应用具有重要意义。     

Radiation of pulsed and glow discharges in CCl4

The radiation of a pulsed-periodic discharge in CCl₄ has been investigated. Its spectrum is found to differ considerably from the spectrum of the glow discharge. It is found that ‖60% of the energy from the 215–650 nm region falls in the UV spectrum. Moscow Physicotechnical Institute, 9, Institutskii Per., Dolgoprudnyi, 141701, Moscow Region, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 302–305, March–April, 1998.     

模拟退火算法优化设计钕玻璃放大器氙灯抽运

氙灯提供的有效抽运能量决定了钕玻璃中反转粒子的数目。针对氙灯供能的要求,建立了氙灯放电回路与氙灯辐射数值模型。将数值模拟结果与实验结果进行了比对,提出了利用模拟退火算法求解最优抽运状态的电路参数的方法,并模拟计算不同电路参数下氙灯的工作状态。定义了两个更实用的评价参数:有效辐射效率和有效输出光谱效率,用于筛选最佳的抽运能量和进灯功率。计算结果表明,在氙灯参数与工作电压一定的条件下,通过利用模拟退火算法可以快速优化放电回路中的电容、电感参数,以选择最佳的进灯能量,避免抽运带内有效能量份额因光谱蓝移而降低,同时可保证氙灯的使用寿命。     

介质阻挡放电中体放电和沿面放电的光谱线形研究

在放电间隙较大的介质阻挡放电中,利用高速照相机,同时观察到了体放电(VD)和沿面放电(SD)。采用光谱法,研究了VD和SD的光谱线形随放电参数的变化。在氩气介质阻挡放电中,测量了VD和SD的Ar Ⅰ(2P₂→1S₅)谱线展宽和频移随气压及放电间隙的变化。结果发现：SD的展宽和频移均比VD的大,说明SD的电子密度高于VD的电子密度;随着压强从40 kPa增大到60 kPa,VD和SD的谱线展宽及频移均增加,表明它们的电子密度均随压强的增大而升高;随着d值从3.8 mm增大到4.4 mm,VD和SD的谱线展宽也增加,反映它们的电子密度均随d值的增大而增加。     

Spectral Investigations of a Nonstationary High-Frequency Discharge in Carbon Tetrafluoride and Sulfur Hexafluoride

The possibility of using a single-channel spectral computer complex for studying, by an actinometry method, the laws governing a change in the concentration of atomic fluorine in the nonstationary period of a high-frequency discharge in SF₆ and CF₄ gases is shown. It has been established that the dependence of the atomic fluorine concentration on the time of discharge running is influenced by the state of the discharge chamber surface and, first of all, the degree of its hydration. In particular, this dependence can be monotonic or have a maximum that owes its origin to the sedimentation of the products of the dissociation of molecules on the surfaces of the discharge chamber walls contacting a plasma.     

TE（A）激光器中放电电极的设计与选择

介绍了TE（A）激光器中Rogowski电极和近似Rogowski电极、Chang电极和紧凑式Chang电极、两类Ernst电极和紧凑式Ernst电极的设计方法。给出了上述放电电极的面型和表面电场分布，简述了制造上述电极的注意事项。在同等电场均匀度和均匀电场分布范围的情况下，对比了保角映射型电极的尺寸大小和电场分布特点。综合放电电极的面型、制造难度、辉光放电实验可知，在要求高能量和高功率的场合下，选择Ernst电极较好；在脉冲激光指标要求一般的场合下，选择近似Rogowski电极较好。     

Radial Distributions of Dusty Plasma Parameters in a DC Glow Discharge

A non‐stationary non‐local kinetic model for radial distributions of dusty plasma parameters based on the solution of Boltzmann equation for electron energy distribution function is presented. Electrons and ions production in ionizing collisions and their recombination on dust particle surface were taken into account. The drift‐diffusion approximation for ions was used. To obtain the self‐consistent radial distribution of electric potential the Poisson equation was used. It is shown that at high dust particle density the recombination of electrons and ions can exceed their production in ionization collisions in the region of dusty cloud. In this case the non‐monotonous radial distribution of the electric field is formed, the radial electric field becomes reversed and the radial electron and ion fluxes change their direction toward the center of the tube (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

电激励脉冲HF激光SF_6/C_2H_6工作气体的放电特性

研究了电激励脉冲HF激光工作介质SF6/C2H6混合气体的放电特性。通过对放电等离子体荧光图像和放电波形的测量,分析比较了不同条件下放电稳定性、剩余电压、能量沉积效率等特性参数的变化情况。实验结果表明:混合气体的放电过程存在主放电、剩余电压维持和电弧放电3个阶段,各阶段的放电特性有所差异;提高充电电压有利于放电能量的有效沉积,也会使不稳定的电弧放电提前;增加C2H6原子分数能起到抑制电弧放电的作用;混合气体总压的增加会导致剩余电压的提高以及辉光放电的能量沉积效率的降低;最佳的能量沉积出现在电弧放电阶段与辉光放电阶段即将融合的临界状态。     

Gas Chromatography Analysis of Discharge Products in N2‐CH4 Gas Mixture at Atmospheric Pressure: Study of Mimic Titan's Atmosphere

In this paper, we report presence of various organic products formed in a flowing atmospheric glow discharge fed by gas mixture containing 1‐5 % of methane in nitrogen, which mimics the Titan's atmosphere. Gaseous products from the discharge exhaust were analysed by Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (GC‐MS). The experimental results revealed C₂H₂, HCN, and CH₃CN as the major products. Various hydrocarbons and nitriles were the other determined gaseous products. Whilst many of these compounds have been predicted and/or observed in the Titan atmosphere, the present plasma experiments provide evidence of both the chemical complexity of Titan atmospheric processes and the mechanisms by which larger species grow prior to form the dust that should cover much of the Titan's surface. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

An Electrodischarge Source of Ultraviolet Radiation on Chlorine Molecules

We investigated the characteristics of a transverse glowing discharge and of a volume discharge in a system of sphereplane electrodes in chlorine of low pressure (P = 40–160 Pa). The formation of a single plasma domain has been revealed. It is a selective source of UV radiation at electronicvibrational transitions of the chlorine molecule. Due to the development of the discharge plasma instability in chlorine, the radiation of the plasma is represented in the form of pulses with a repetition rate f = 1–50 kHz on increase in the mean discharge current from 2 to 50 mA. For this range of discharge currents, the dependence of the brightness of the radiation bands for molecular chlorine with = 200 and 257 nm has a character which increases with the current. The plasma of the chlorinebased domain can be used in a source of shortwave radiation source having no quartz discharge tube (or any other tube transparent in the UV–VUV range of wavelengths) which contracts the plasma and needs cooling and when in the source of the lamp pumping there are no commutators (thyratrons, tacitrons, or spark gaps).     

双模式放电中DBD放电参数对甲烷滑动弧火焰光谱及活性粒子的影响分析

对未燃烧的可燃混合气体进行DBD放电,放电后会产生大量的活性粒子,这些活性粒子可以辅助气体燃烧,达到提高燃料燃烧利用率等目的。以DBD激励氩气、甲烷、空气产生的自由基（CH基和OH基）等强化燃烧的关键活性粒子为探索对象,研究DBD放电激励甲烷对滑动弧火焰的影响。为此,采用自主设计的DBD-滑动弧双模式等离子体激励器,利用同轴介质阻挡放电结构对氩气、甲烷、空气混合气进行放电激励,将激励后的氩气、甲烷、空气混合气通入滑动弧端进行点火。固定氩气流量不变,调整空气流量为4.76 L·min-1,并加入甲烷0.5 L·min-1,保证进气通道内氩气与空气-甲烷的气体体积流量比达到Ar∶（CH₄+Air）=1∶30,其中空气、甲烷这两种气体达到了化学燃烧当量比φ=1,氩气、甲烷、甲烷混合气体能实现均匀而稳定的放电并燃烧。DBD段放电电压在15～20 kV范围变化,放电频率在6～10 kHz范围变化,滑动弧段的电压和频率分别保持4 kV与10 kHz恒定,通过改变DBD段放电电压和放电频率,用高速光纤光谱仪检测滑动弧火焰中自由基种类及其光谱强度,分析放电参数激励甲烷对火焰中自由基（CH基和OH基）的影响。结果表明,DBD段放电电压及放电频率的增加可以促进火焰内部的偶联反应发生,可有效提升甲烷滑动弧火焰内部的活性粒子含量,其中OH基团、CH基团在燃烧链式化学反应进程中发挥着较为重要的作用。甲烷经过DBD激励后,随放电电压和频率的增加,火焰中OH基、CH基等主要活性粒子都随之增加。DBD放电后,活性粒子的光谱强度增大,特征谱线比单模式更加明显;甲烷经过DBD激励后,火焰组成发生了变化,滑动弧段出口处甲烷燃烧反应更加充分,火焰温度越高越容易产生OH基。与单模式滑动弧相比,双模式放电可有效促进火焰内部的链式化学反应进程,促进燃料燃烧。     

Source of far and vacuum ultraviolet radiation based on a transverse high-frequency discharge

We present the results of an investigation of a short-wavelength radiation source (Δλ = 130–350 nm) with excitation by a transverse high-frequency (f = 1.76 MHz) discharge based on a mixture of argon and chlorine (p = 100–500 Pa). We have studied the spectral characteristics of the plasma, the oscilloscope traces of the voltage, the current and emission of the discharge, the dependence of the power of the emission on the electrical power of the discharge, and also the pressure and partial composition of the Ar/Cl₂ mixture. The UV-VUV source emits in a system of broadened and overlapping ArCl(B/X), Cl₂(D′/A′), and Cl**₂ molecular bands. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 5, pp. 648–651, September–October, 2007.     

介质阻挡放电中单个新型放电丝放电特征和光谱测量

在放电间隙较大(d=3.8 mm)的介质阻挡放电(DBD)中,通过减小放电区域(S=1 cm×1 cm),首次观察到了单个新型放电丝。与其他实验小组所观察到的单个放电丝相比,该单个新型放电丝由体放电(VD)和沿面放电(SD)二部分构成,其放电稳定性和持续性极好。利用高速照相机和光谱仪,研究了单个新型放电丝在外加电压半周期单次放电中的放电特征和单个新型放电丝侧面放电柱不同位置的等离子体状态。在高速照相机不同曝光时间条件下拍摄得到了单个新型放电丝端面和侧面放电的瞬时照片,并对其外加电压半周期单次放电的放电特征与辉光放电进行了对比。利用发射光谱法,采集了单个新型放电丝侧面放电柱不同位置的氩原子763.26 nm(2P₆→1S₅)和772.13 nm(2P₂→1S₃)发射谱线,并通过两条谱线强度比法,估算出了相应的电子激发温度。实验结果得出：单个新型放电丝由体放电和沿面放电构成,且沿面放电在体放电四周呈枝状扩散;单个新型放电丝在外加电压半周期单次放电中与辉光放电特征相似,且在阴极呈现出漏斗状放电;氩原子谱线强度及其相应的电子激发温度从极板两端到中间均呈减小的变化趋势,表明单个新型放电丝侧面放电柱不同位置的等离子体状态不同。     

介质阻挡放电中单个新型放电丝放电特征和光谱测量

在放电间隙较大(d=3.8 mm)的介质阻挡放电(DBD)中, 通过减小放电区域(S=1 cm×1 cm), 首次观察到了单个新型放电丝。与其他实验小组所观察到的单个放电丝相比, 该单个新型放电丝由体放电(VD)和沿面放电(SD)二部分构成, 其放电稳定性和持续性极好。利用高速照相机和光谱仪, 研究了单个新型放电丝在外加电压半周期单次放电中的放电特征和单个新型放电丝侧面放电柱不同位置的等离子体状态。在高速照相机不同曝光时间条件下拍摄得到了单个新型放电丝端面和侧面放电的瞬时照片, 并对其外加电压半周期单次放电的放电特征与辉光放电进行了对比。利用发射光谱法, 采集了单个新型放电丝侧面放电柱不同位置的氩原子763.26 nm(2P6→1S5)和772.13 nm(2P2→1S3)发射谱线, 并通过两条谱线强度比法, 估算出了相应的电子激发温度。实验结果得出: 单个新型放电丝由体放电和沿面放电构成, 且沿面放电在体放电四周呈枝状扩散;单个新型放电丝在外加电压半周期单次放电中与辉光放电特征相似, 且在阴极呈现出漏斗状放电;氩原子谱线强度及其相应的电子激发温度从极板两端到中间均呈减小的变化趋势, 表明单个新型放电丝侧面放电柱不同位置的等离子体状态不同。