赝火花开关辉光放电腔的粒子模拟与实验研究

给出了赝火花开关所需辉光放电腔的具体要求,对赝火开关辉光放电腔进行了优化设计,并对优化后的放电腔进行了粒子模拟和实验研究。粒子模拟结果表明：此放电腔为辉光放电腔,辉光放电建立时间约18.5 ns;辉光放电时,此放电腔阴极位降占整个电位降的主要部分,且阴极位降区净离子密度为一常数。实验结果显示：此放电腔为辉光放电腔,其工作在Paschen曲线最低点左侧,放电电压随气压的升高而降低;当辉光放电电流为0.14～3.60 mA时,放电模式为正常辉光放电。     

赝火花开关辉光放电腔的粒子模拟与实验研究

 给出了赝火花开关所需辉光放电腔的具体要求,对赝火开关辉光放电腔进行了优化设计,并对优化后的放电腔进行了粒子模拟和实验研究。粒子模拟结果表明：此放电腔为辉光放电腔,辉光放电建立时间约18.5 ns;辉光放电时,此放电腔阴极位降占整个电位降的主要部分,且阴极位降区净离子密度为一常数。实验结果显示：此放电腔为辉光放电腔,其工作在Paschen曲线最低点左侧,放电电压随气压的升高而降低;当辉光放电电流为0.14～3.60 mA时,放电模式为正常辉光放电。     

Requirements for simultaneous ignition of all channels in ahigh-current radial multichannel pseudospark switch

In order to reduce erosion of electrodes and consequently achieve a long lifetime for high-power switches, a low-pressure switch, namely the pseudospark switch (PSS), is investigated as an alternative to the conventional high-power switches. The erosion can be reduced further along with an enhancement of the current and the rate of current rise, if more channels are introduced for the passage of current. An intense electron beam is known to be emitted by the hollow cathode during the starting phase in a pseudospark discharge. It has been reported that in a multichannel setup each installed channel can ignite only if it gets ionized by its respective beam. The results presented in this paper show how this multichannel operation can be accomplished. These results are based on a statistical study of a radial multichannel pseudospark switch and an observation of the discharge course by means of high-speed photography and show that a glow discharge trigger, with a high glow current (⩾1.2 mA) and slowly rising trigger pulses (⩾150 ns), allows a simultaneous ignition of up to 12 channels     

Influence of the hollow cathode dimensions on the electron beamcurrent in a pseudospark discharge

Investigations on the electron beam current of a free running pseudospark discharge are presented. A single gap system with hollow cathodes of different dimensions is used. The filling gases are argon and helium. The electron beam signal consists of a first pulse with currents of several hundreds of mA and a main pulse with currents up to 20 A. A variation of length and diameter of the hollow cathode significantly influences the pressure range in which a free running pseudospark discharge exists and the peak current of both electron beam pulses. Plasma formation and electron beam generation are studied by high speed photography. The experimental results give some information on the discharge mechanisms that is integrated in a qualitative model of the pseudospark discharge     

空心阴极类火花放电初始电离过程的PIC/MCC模拟

采用粒子模拟与蒙特卡罗相结合(PIC/MCC)的方法,应用静电模型,编写了准三维的模拟程序.该程序能够较好地描述空心阴极类火花放电初始电离过程的演化步骤.通过研究电离过程的细节,可以认为该阶段电离过程是空心阴极效应和局部强电场共同作用的结果.从起始电离到空心阴极初始阶段,局部强电场在电离过程中起到了支配作用;随后空心阴极效应占据主导地位. 关键词： 粒子模拟 蒙特卡罗 空心阴极 类火花放电     

Experimental data on the initiation of a pseudospark discharge

In connection with the development of a pseudospark switch for copper vapor lasers, several long endurance tests at repetition rates between 50 Hz and 7 kHz have been performed during the past years. These tests give some clues to the basic phenomena that are involved in the current build-up of a pseudospark discharge, especially as concerns the interaction of gas and surface effects. According to these results, current flow is initiated by a glow discharge in such a way that the positive column penetrates into the hollow cathode; forming a virtual anode. When the current reaches a threshold value <100 A, the electric field produced in the cathode fall of the glow discharge is sufficient for the formation of cathode spots in the cathode backspace. The spots act as electron emitters and carry the discharge current up to approximately 1 kA, where large area emission processes at the front side of the cathode might become important     

辉光放电触发赝火花开关的时延及抖动特性

 设计了一种辉光放电触发赝火花开关,对其时延和抖动特性进行系统研究。研究了开关时延、抖动与辉光放电电流、气压、触发电压及阳极电压的关系。当辉光放电电流小于0.30 mA时,开关无法触发导通;当电流为0.35~0.60 mA时,随辉光放电电流的增大,开关时延、抖动减小;当辉光放电电流为0.60 mA时,开关时延、抖动基本不变,出现饱和。当氦气气压低于6 Pa,开关难以触通,与理论计算值6.95 Pa吻合;当氦气气压为6~12 Pa时,开关的时延、抖动随气压的升高而减小;气压为12~30 Pa时,开关工作在比较稳定的状态。当触发电压小于3 kV,开关难以触通;随着触发电压的增大,开关时延、抖动减小;当触发电压大于5.3 kV,开关时延、抖动基本保持不变。开关在稳定工作条件下,阳极电压在8~25 kV范围内变化时;开关时延基本不变。     

辉光放电触发赝火花开关的时延及抖动特性

设计了一种辉光放电触发赝火花开关,对其时延和抖动特性进行系统研究。研究了开关时延、抖动与辉光放电电流、气压、触发电压及阳极电压的关系。当辉光放电电流小于0.30 mA时,开关无法触发导通;当电流为0.35~0.60 mA时,随辉光放电电流的增大,开关时延、抖动减小;当辉光放电电流为0.60 mA时,开关时延、抖动基本不变,出现饱和。当氦气气压低于6 Pa,开关难以触通,与理论计算值6.95 Pa吻合;当氦气气压为6~12 Pa时,开关的时延、抖动随气压的升高而减小;气压为12~30 Pa时,开关工作在比较稳定的状态。当触发电压小于3 kV,开关难以触通;随着触发电压的增大,开关时延、抖动减小;当触发电压大于5.3 kV,开关时延、抖动基本保持不变。开关在稳定工作条件下,阳极电压在8~25 kV范围内变化时;开关时延基本不变。     

Analysis of the hollow cathode emitted electron beams in a radialmultichannel pseudospark

A radial multichannel pseudospark switch seems advantageous for switching currents exceeding 100 kA. A single common hollow cathode guarantees the same trigger conditions for all channels. The electron beams emitted out of the hollow cathode of this switch are analyzed by means of Faraday-cups by varying the circuit as well as the trigger parameters. In addition to the cup measurements, the discharge is observed using a CCD camera. It is found that each channel of the switch must receive a respective beam, before the resistance of the switch turns low, if the discharge current is to run through that channel. In addition, most of the varied parameters do not influence the electron beam     

An improvement of high voltage power supply for pseudospark discharge

An analysis of the high voltage power supply removing the Pulse Forming Line (PFL) is presented in this paper. This is an important improvement to make a desktop free electron laser with about one meter length instead of an original device length of 5.5 meters and to realize other applications of the new beam source of pseudospark discharge at high voltage of 200kV and a current of 2kA.     

On the radial distribution of the HeII 468.6 nm line intensity in a high voltage hollow cathode discharge tube

The radial distribution and spatial profiles of the HeII 468.6 nm line intensity in an internal anode type of the high voltage hollow cathode discharge (HV-HCD) tube have been investigated by a photographic technique using a narrow-bandpass interference filter. From the photographic data, it is inferred that the density of fast electrons near the tube axis of this HV-HCD tube is considerably higher than that of the conventional cylindrical type HCD tube.     

空心阴极辉光放电包覆铜纳米粉末

 简要叙述了自悬浮定向流方法制备铜纳米粉末的原理和包覆层薄膜的生长机理，采用空心阴极辉光放电对铜纳米粉末进行有机包覆，实验中CH4和H2的流量分别为6 ml/min和12 ml/min，工作电压为450 V，衬底与空心阴极的底端距离为2 cm，背景真空和工作气压分别为6 Pa和100 Pa，沉积速率为7.5 nm/min。用透射电镜(TEM)对铜纳米粉末进行了观察和分析，结果表明：铜纳米粉末呈球状，其粒径分布在10～100 nm之间, 平均粒径大小为50 nm；其包覆层的厚度大约为15 nm，而且该厚度可以通过调节空心阴极辉光放电的参数来控制。     

空心阴极辉光放电包覆铜纳米粉末

简要叙述了自悬浮定向流方法制备铜纳米粉末的原理和包覆层薄膜的生长机理,采用空心阴极辉光放电对铜纳米粉末进行有机包覆,实验中CH4和H2的流量分别为6 ml/min和12 ml/min,工作电压为450 V,衬底与空心阴极的底端距离为2 cm,背景真空和工作气压分别为6 Pa和100 Pa,沉积速率为7.5 nm/min。用透射电镜(TEM)对铜纳米粉末进行了观察和分析,结果表明：铜纳米粉末呈球状,其粒径分布在10～100 nm之间, 平均粒径大小为50 nm;其包覆层的厚度大约为15 nm,而且该厚度可以通过调节空心阴极辉光放电的参数来控制。     

Laser action in a gallium hollow cathode discharge

cw laser action was observed for the 6335 and 7199 Å transitions of Ga II in a hollow cathode discharge. Charge exchange and radiative cascade processes are suggested to be responsible for the population of the upper laser levels.     

Controlled propagation of a glow discharge along a divided cathode

Conclusions With the gas-discharge device used, propagation of a glow discharge along a divided cathode, making use of -processes, is a quite reliable and well-reproducible process.Neighboring discharge gaps are reliably isolated when there is a positive potential on the controlled electrode, and reliably connected when this potential is negative.The shape of the discharge gap and the effective role of the control electrode combine to shorten the discharge-formation time and the discharge-gap deionization time.As the discharge travels in our device, there is a bright, linear optical trace (see Fig. 2). This method of glow-discharge propagation can find widespread, effective application in cold-cathode gas-discharge devices for signal conversion in pulse equipment.     

Erosion of a copper cathode in a negative corona discharge

The pulsed-periodic regime of a negative corona (Trichel pulses) in atmospheric-pressure air, which leads to explosion emission mechanisms (ecton generation) of pointed cathode erosion, is investigated. The jet erosion process at the copper cathode is discovered, and micrometer dendritelike structures formed by erosion products returning to the cathode are detected.     

Triggering of high voltage discharge by femtosecond laser filaments on different wavelengths

The triggering and guiding of high voltage discharge by plasma filaments generated by 400 nm and 800 nm femtosecond laser were studied experimentally. The detailed diagnostics for characteristics of filaments, such as amount of free electrons, diameter and electron density, were performed using sonographic method, fluorescence imaging and resistivity measurement. A significant reduction of the breakdown voltage threshold due to the pre-ionization of the air gap by laser pulse filaments was observed. It is shown that the 400 nm laser pulses demonstrated stronger triggering ability than 800 nm laser pulse under same pulse energy. This behavior of 400 nm femtosecond pulse is connected to the rich population of highly excited particles in filaments.     

阵列微孔阴极放电触发的纳秒脉冲开关

为了实现在大气压下低触发电压的多通道放电,以阵列微孔阴极结构作为触发装置设计了一种新型纳秒脉冲开关。以激光打孔的双面环氧板为阵列微孔阴极,研究了开关工作系数、微孔阴极放电电流、微孔阴极孔数及微孔阴极孔径对开关触发电压、延迟和抖动时间的影响。实验结果表明:更多的阵列微孔、100 m的微孔孔径能够降低开关的触发电压,同时高开关工作系数、大触发电流、多阵列微孔能够减少开关的延迟和抖动时间。因此,为了获得更高性能的纳秒脉冲开关,除了对开关结构的进一步改善,这几个影响开关性能的因素是设计开关时应主要考虑的。