Disrupting the spatio-temporal symmetry of the electron dynamics in atmospheric pressure plasmas by voltage waveform tailoring

Autor: Gibson, Andrew Robert, Donkó, Zoltán, Alelyani, Layla Ahmed A, Bischoff, Lena, Hübner, Gerrit, Bredin, Jerome, Doyle, Scott James, Korolov, Ihor, Niemi, Kari, Mussenbrock, Thomas, Hartmann, Peter, Dedrick, James Peter, Schulze, Julian, Gans, Timo, O'Connell, Deborah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
ISSN: 0963-0252
Popis: Single frequency, geometrically symmetric Radio-Frequency (RF) driven atmospheric pressure plasmas exhibit temporally and spatially symmetric patterns of electron heating, and consequently, charged particle densities and fluxes. Using a combination of phase-resolved optical emission spectroscopy and kinetic plasma simulations, we demonstrate that tailored voltage waveforms consisting of multiple RF harmonics induce targeted disruption of these symmetries. This confines the electron heating to small regions of time and space and enables the electron energy distribution function to be tailored.
Databáze: OpenAIRE