Measuring Millimeter Wave of Cold Atmospheric Plasma Array by a Novel Technique
| Autor: | Bryon Eckert, Bradley Eckert, Huan Truong, Mina Izadjoo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Sensors & Transducers, Vol 203, Iss 8, Pp 51-56 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1726-5479 2306-8515 |
| Popis: | An unexplained repulsive force occasionally observed during non-thermal plasma treatment of large infections may point the way to an efficient mechanism for characterizing biofield energy. Ambient pressure air plasma in non-thermal equilibrium creates areas of localized population inversion, causing spontaneous emission at magnetic dipole rotational resonance lines. For O2, many of these lines occur in the 60 GHz frequency range. This experiment examines a possible link between the fine resonance frequencies of oxygen in the 60 GHz region, and the therapeutic frequencies used in Russian non-thermal EHF therapy. This paper also explores the feasibility of using a plasma array for biological torsion field characterization. An array of several hundred non-thermal plasma plumes are placed directly in front of a circular horn. A switchable circular polarizer is used to select left hand circular, linear or right hand circular polarization. A low noise frequency converter allows a noise temperature of less than 1150 K. A frequency scan and averaging algorithm is developed to characterize noise temperature versus frequency, comparing signal and noise levels between plasma on and plasma off, and switching polarization sense. An experimental setup is proposed as a proof of concept for detecting signals from the plasma array, while a practical laboratory tool is also proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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