Axial light emission and Ar metastable densities in a parallel plate dc micro discharge in steady state and transient regimes

Details Axial light emission and Ar metastable densities in a parallel plate dc micro discharge in steady state and transient regimes Axial light emission and Ar metastable densities in a parallel plate dc micro discharge in steady state and transient regimes

2011-04-28

arxiv.org/abs/1104.5373v4

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Plasma Physics

submitted to Plasma Sources Sci. Technol

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Axial emission profiles in a parallel plate dc micro discharge (feedgas: argon; discharge gap d=1mm; pressure p=10Torr) were studied by means of time resolved imaging with a fast ICCD camera. Additionally, volt-ampere (V-A) characteristics were recorded and Ar* metastable densities were measured by tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). Axial emission profiles in the steady state regime are similar to corresponding profiles in standard size discharges (d=1cm, p=1Torr). For some discharge conditions relaxation oscillations are present when the micro discharge switches periodically between low current Townsend-like mode and normal glow. At the same time the axial emission profile shows transient behavior, starting with peak distribution at the anode, which gradually moves towards the cathode during the normal glow. The development of argon metastable densities highly correlates with the oscillating discharge current. Gas temperatures in the low current Townsend-like mode (T= 320-400K) and the high current glow mode (T=469-526K) were determined by the broadening of the recorded spectral profiles as a function of the discharge current.

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