Development of a dielectric-barrier discharge enhanced microplasma jet

Autor: Hiroyuki Miyazoe, Jai Hyuk Choi, Masaki Sai, Kazuo Terashima, Takaaki Tomai, Shinya Kiriu, Fumitoshi Takamine
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters. 94:191502
ISSN: 1077-3118
0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/1.3130183
Popis: A low-power ultrahigh-frequency-driven inductively coupled microplasma (ICMP) source equipped with dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) was developed to realize a low-temperature and high-density plasma in fine quartz capillaries with inner diameters of less than 1.0 mm. A stable plasma was generated and its sustainability was independent of the gas flow rate. This plasma jet had a longer plume than that of a thermoelectron-enhanced microplasma jet, and time-resolved characterization suggested interactions between ICMP and DBD jets. By optical emission spectroscopy characterization, the gas temperature and electron density inside a capillary were estimated to be 400–1000 K and 1013–1014 cm−3, respectively.
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