The evolution of the optical emission pattern of a nanosecond pulsed helium microdischarge with a pin-to-pin electrode at atmospheric pressure

Bang Dou Huang, Keisuke Takashima, Xi Ming Zhu, Yi Kang Pu

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Abstract

The evolution of a nanosecond pulsed microdischarge with a pin-to-pin electrode configuration in atmospheric pressure helium is obtained using the spatially and temporally resolved optical emission measurement. Three phases of the discharge mode are identified: 1) the establishment of the discharge channel, evidenced by the propagation of the emission from the high voltage electrode to the ground electrode in the breakdown phase; 2) the expansion of the discharge region around the ground electrode in the discharge phase; and 3) the shrinkage of the discharge region into a cylindrical-shape and the decay of the emission in the afterglow phase.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6855353
Pages (from-to)2642-2643
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume42
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Oct 1

Keywords

  • Atmospheric-pressure plasmas

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