狭缝微放电等离子体参数的光谱测量

利用平行管水电极介质阻挡放电装置,在氩气和空气混合气体中,得到了狭缝微放电等离子体。利用发射光谱法,研究了此放电中分子振动温度、分子转动温度和电子的平均能量随气体压强的变化。通过氮分子第二正带系(C3Πu→B3Πg)的发射谱线计算了氮分子的振动温度;利用氮分子离子(N2+)的第一负带系(B2Σu+→X2Σg+)的发射谱线计算了氮分子的转动温度;测量了氮分子离子391.4 nm和激发态的氮分子337.1 nm两条发射谱线的相对强度之比,研究了电子能量的变化。结果表明,当压强从60 kPa增大到100kPa,分子振动温度及分子转动温度均减小,氮分子离子谱线与激发态的氮分子谱线的强度之比亦减小。     

半球形电极弥散放电等离子体参量的光谱研究

利用两个半球形水电极介质阻挡放电装置,在空气中实现了弥散放电,采用发射光谱法,对分子振动温度、分子转动温度及电子平均能量等随电压的变化进行了研究。实验利用氮分子第二正带系(C3Πu→B3Πg)的发射谱线得到了氮分子的振动温度;通过氮分子离子(N2+)的第一负带系(B2Σu+→X2Σg+)的发射谱线计算了氮分子的转动温度;采集了氮分子离子391.4nm和激发态的氮分子337.1nm两条发射谱线的相对强度之比,研究了电子的平均能量的变化。结果表明:随外加电压的增加,分子的转动温度呈上升趋势,分子的振动温度呈下降趋势,电子能量呈缓慢的下降趋势。     

光谱法研究低气压空气介质阻挡放电均匀性

利用介质阻挡放电装置.在低气压空气中得到了均匀放电,并采用光谱法,研究了放电等离子体温度的空间均匀性.实验采集了氮分子光谱,采用氮分子第二正带系C3Ⅱu→B3Ⅱg计算振动温度;采用氮分子离子第一负带系计算转动温度(气体温度).实验发现,振动温度随电压增加而减小,而转动温度随电压增加而增大.等离子体振动温度和转动温度在空...     

压强对空气/氩气介质阻挡放电中等离子体温度的影响

使用水电极介质阻挡放电装置,在氩气和空气的混合气体放电中,利用发射光谱法,研究了电子激发温度和分子振动温度随气体压强的变化关系。通过氩原子763.51 nm(2P₆→1S₅)和772.42 nm(2P₆→1S₃)两条谱线强度比法计算电子激发温度;通过氮分子第二正带系(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)的发射谱线计算氮分子的振动温度;对氮分子离子391.4 nm和激发态的氮分子337.1 nm两条发射谱线的相对强度进行了测量,以进一步研究电子能量的变化。实验表明,随着压强从20 kPa增大到60 kPa, 电子激发温度减小,分子振动温度减小, 氮分子离子谱线与激发态的氮分子谱线强度之比减小。     

锯齿波激励氩气介质阻挡放电的发光特性

采用平行平板结构的微间隙介质阻挡放电装置,在锯齿波电压激励下产生了电流波形具有平台状的阶梯模式放电。研究发现,随锯齿波电压峰值的增大,放电平台的持续时间和幅值随之增加。采用光学方法对单个放电平台的时间演化进行研究,发现其放电机制属于大气压汤森放电。通过对放电的发射光谱进行采集,发现包含氮分子的第二正带系(C~3Π_u→B~3Π_u)、OH(A~2∑~+→X~2Π)和ArⅠ的特征谱线。随锯齿波电压峰值的增大,OH(308.8 nm)谱线强度和分子振动温度增加,但电子激发温度减小。通过对ArⅠ(750.4 nm)强度进行比较,发现相同峰值电压下锯齿波激励介质阻挡放电比正弦激励介质阻挡放电产生的谱线强度更大。利用气体放电理论,对上述物理现象进行了定性解释。     

介质阻挡放电中不同厚度气隙内微放电通道的光谱特性研究

采用发射光谱法,研究了具有三层介质的介质阻挡放电中不同厚度气隙内微放电通道的等离子体参量的变化规律。与在传统的具有双层介质的介质阻挡放电系统中所产生的微放电通道不同,三层介质系统内微放电通道在光谱特性方面展现了完全不同的性质以及变化规律。实验发现,微放电通道在不同的放电气隙中具有不同的发光强度。利用氮分子第二正带系(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)的发射谱线以及对氮分子离子391.4 nm谱线强度与氮分子394.1 nm谱线强度之比的考察,实验进一步测量了氮分子(C3Π_u)的振动温度以及电子平均能量分别随氩气含量以及在不同电压下的变化规律。结果表明,当外加电压一定时,厚气隙内形成的微放电丝在分子振动温度以及电子平均能量上均低于薄气隙微放电丝。并且它们都随着氩气含量的增加而降低。随着电压的逐步升高,厚气隙内的微放电丝在以上两种参量上均基本保持不变,而薄气隙内微放电丝则出现较为明显的升高。这表明具有三层介质的介质阻挡放电中薄气隙较厚气隙对电压更为敏感且在相同电压浮动内电场变化范围更大。     

中等pd值介质阻挡放电中等离子体温度研究

近大气压条件下,在介质阻挡放电系统中得到了氩气和空气混合气体在300～800 nm范围内的发射光谱,研究了中等pd值(约6.4×103 Pa·cm) 氩气和空气混合气体中电子激发温度与分子振动温度。实验选用两条ArⅠ谱线763.51 nm(2P₆→1S₅)与772.42 nm(2P₂→1S₃),用强度对比法测量电子激发温度,利用氮分子第二正带系(C 3Π_u→B 3Π_g)计算氮分子振动温度。实验结果表明：电子激发温度和分子振动温度均随电压的增加而增加,并且电子激发温度随电压的变化速率大于分子振动温度的变化速率。     

细长金属管内产生的直流辉光等离子体发射光谱诊断

利用发射光谱法对金属管内形成的稳定氩氮直流辉光等离子体进行了诊断。通过对等离子体发射光谱谱线的研究确定了等离子体中的活性粒子成分;根据氩原子的玻尔兹曼曲线斜率法计算了等离子体中的电子激发温度;采用氮分子第二正带系跃迁(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)的发射谱线计算了等离子体中的氮分子振动温度;研究了电子激发温度和氮分子振动温度随压强的变化特征。研究结果表明,在20 Pa下产生的Ar60%+N₂40%直流辉光等离子体中,活性成分主要是Ar原子、Ar离子、N₂的第二正带系跃迁(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)和N+₂的第一负带系跃迁(B2Π+_u→X2Σ+_g);电子激发温度约为(15 270±250)K;氮分子(C3Π_u)振动温度约为(3 290±100)K;随着压强的增加电子激发温度、分子振动温度逐渐降低。文章的研究结果对细长金属管内表面改性研究具有重要的意义。     

介质阻挡放电中点线超四边形发光斑图研究

采用光电倍增管和光谱仪,研究了介质阻挡放电中点线超四边形发光斑图的时空结构和等离子参数。通过对斑图中放电丝光信号的采集和分析可知:点线超四边形斑图是由四套不同的子结构相互嵌套而成,在每半个电压周期内依次为小点四边形、大点连线、大点晕和位于大点中心的小点四边形。其中前三套子结构在电压上升沿放电,最后一套在电压下降沿放电。利用发射光谱法,采集了氮分子(N2)第二正带系(C3Πu→B3Πg)发射谱线,并计算得到了点线超四边形斑图中不同子结构的分子振动温度。结果表明:小点、大点连线和大点的分子振动温度几乎相同。讨论了介质表面的壁电荷分布对点线超四边形斑图的形成及其时空动力学行为的影响。     

六边形晕斑图等离子体参数的光谱测量

在空气与氩气按比例混合组成的气体放电中,研究了由中心点和六边形晕组成的六边形晕斑图。从照片中观察六边形晕斑图结构,发现中心点和六边形晕的亮度有明显的差异,说明中心点和六边形晕可能处的等离子体状态不同。利用发射光谱法,详细研究了该六边形晕斑图结构的中心点和六边形晕的等离子体参数随压强的变化关系。实验根据氮分子第二正带系(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)谱线计算了中心点和六边形晕的分子振动温度;通过氮分子离子(391.4 nm) 与氮分子(394.1nm)谱线强度比,反映中心点和六边形晕的电子平均能量;利用氩原子696.5 nm(2P₂→1S₅)谱线的展宽,研究了电子密度。实验结果表明： 六边形晕斑图主要范围是氩气含量从60%～75%、压强从30～46 kPa。在相同的压强条件下,六边形晕比中心点的分子振动温度、电子平均能量均要高。随着压强从30 kPa逐渐升高到46 kPa,中心点和六边形晕的分子振动温度、电子平均能量是逐渐增大的。在相同的压强条件下,六边形晕比中心点的谱线展宽要大,且随着压强的升高而增加,表明电子密度随着压强的增大而升高。六边形晕和中心点的等离子体的状态不同,说明二者放电机制上的差异。进一步采用高速照相机对斑图的电流脉冲进行分脉冲瞬时拍摄,发现中心点是由先放电的体放电形成,而六边形晕是由放电晚于体放电的沿面放电形成。     

Rotational and Vibrational Temperature Measurements in a High‐Pressure Cylindrical Dielectric Barrier Discharge (C‐DBD)

The rotational (T_R) and vibrational (T_v) temperatures of N₂ molecules were measured in a high‐pressure cylindrical dielectric barrier discharge (C‐DBD) source in Ne with trace amounts (0.02 %) of N₂ and dry air excited by radio‐frequency (rf) power. Both T_R and T_v of the N₂ molecules in the C ³Π_u state were determined from an emission spectroscopic analysis the 2^nd positive system (C ³Π_u → B³Π_g). Gas temperatures were inferred from the measured rotational temperatures. As a function of pressure, the rotational temperature is essentially constant at about 360 K in the range from 200 Torr to 600 Torr (at 30W rf power) and increases slightly with increasing rf power at constant pressure. As one would expect, vibrational temperature measurements revealed significantly higher temperatures. The vibrational temperature decreases with pressure from 3030 K at 200 Torr to 2270 K at 600 Torr (at 30 W rf power). As a function of rf power, the vibrational temperature increases from 2520 K at 20 W to 2940 K at 60 W (at 400 Torr). Both T_R and T_v also show a dependence on the excitation frequency at the two frequencies that we studied, 400 kHz and 13.56 MHz. Adding trace amounts of air instead of N₂ to the Ne in the discharge resulted in higher T_R and T_v values and in a different pressure dependence of the rotational and vibrational temperatures. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The analysis of nitrogen rotational and vibrational bands in a helium microhollow gas discharge

Emission spectroscopy is applied to measure the gas temperature T _g and the vibrational distribution of N₂ (C ³Π_u) and N₂ ⁺(B ²Σ_u ⁺) excited states from a helium microhollow gas discharge (MHGD) at atmospheric pressure. The rotational temperature T _rot of N₂ ⁺ is determined from relative intensity of the R‐branch lines of the N₂ ⁺(B ²Σ_u ⁺–X ²Σ_g ⁺) bands at 427.81 and 419.91 nm and the well‐known Boltzmann plot (BP). Using the same diagnostic technique, the rotationally resolved N₂(C ³Π_u–B ³Π_g) band at 380.49 nm is used to measure T _rot. Under our experimental conditions, T _g is equal to T _rot = 550–650 K for nitrogen molecules and shows a slight increase with the discharge current in the current range 3–10 mA. From the intensity ratio of two consecutive vibrational bands of the same sequence, the N₂(C ³Π_u) and N₂ ⁺(B ²Σ_u ⁺) vibrational temperature T _vib = 3,700–4,000 K is determined. It has been found that N₂ ⁺(B ²Σ_u ⁺) ions have non‐Boltzmann distribution in the helium MHGD, while N₂(C ³Π_u) molecules are populated according to the Boltzmann distribution. Following the Franck–Condon principle, the vibrational distribution of the ground state of N₂(X ¹Σ_g ⁺) molecules has been determined from the N₂(C ³Π_u) distribution using the inversion matrix of elements q _XC(ν ,ν ′).     

Diagnosis of OH radical by optical emission spectroscopy in a wire-plate bi-directional pulsed corona discharge

The emission spectrum of the molecule OH (A²Σ→X²Π, 0–0) during a high-voltage, bi-directional pulsed corona discharge consisting of a gas mixture of N₂ and H₂O in a wire-plate reactor has been successfully recorded under severe electromagnetic interference at atmospheric pressure. The relative vibrational populations and the vibrational temperature of N₂ (C, v′) have also been determined. Due to the difficulty of determining the exact overlapping spectral line shape function of the OH (A²Σ→X²Π, 0–0) and the Δv=+1 vibrational transition band of N₂ (C³Π_u→B³Π_g), a practicable Gaussian form is used for calculating the emission intensity of OH (A²Σ→X²Π, 0-0) and the Δv=+1 vibrational transition band of N₂ (C³Π_u→B³Π_g). The emission intensity of OH (A²Σ→X²Π, 0–0) has been evaluated with a satisfactory accuracy by subtracting the emission intensity of the Δv=+1 vibrational transition band of N₂ (C³Π_u→B³Π_g) from the overlapping spectra. The relative population of OH (A²Σ) has been obtained by the emission intensity of OH (A²Σ→X²Π, 0–0) and Einstein's transition probability. The influences of peak voltage, pulse repetition rate and O₂ flow rate on the relative population of OH (A²Σ) radicals have also been investigated. We found that the relative population of OH (A²Σ) rises with an increase in both the peak applied voltage and the pulse repetition rate. When oxygen is added to an N₂ and H₂O gas mixture, the relative population of OH (A²Σ) radicals decreases exponentially with an increase in added oxygen. The main physicochemical processes involved are also discussed in this paper.     

Spectroscopic study of an rf discharge in nitrogen

The absolute populations of the vibrational levels of the B³Πg and C³Π_u states in an rf nitrogen discharge are calculated from the quantum yields of the 1⁺ and 2⁺ systems in the discharge, and the “excitation temperature” of these states is measured. Emission spectroscopic methods are used to determine the vibrational and rotational temperatures of the C³Π_u state, as well as the vibrational temperature of the B³Π_g state. These data are used to estimate the vibrational temperature of the X′∑ _g ⁺ state and the stored energy in the activated nitrogen, and to examine the mechanism by which translational-vibrational degrees of freedom are excited in nitrogen molecules in the discharge.     

Radiative Transitions and Temperature Time Dependences in Pulse Excited Microwave Discharges – (N2, Ar + N2)

Quantitative spectral and microwave measurements of vibrational temperatures and electron densities were performed for 2400 MHz non-isothermic pulse excited discharges in flowing nitrogen and argon at pressures (60–2700) Pa. A detailed analysis of the N₂ vibrational states population for the N₂ C³Π_u, X¹Σ_g⁺ electronic states has been carried out. The basic difficulties encountered when comparing the spectroscopically determined values of vibrational temperatures with corresponding quantities of the ground electronics state are mentioned and the time resolved dependences of the translational gas temperature in N₂ during the microwave pulse is evaluated. The steady state in the nitrogen pulse excited microwave plasma is reached within 3 · 10^?4 s, but generally, this time depends on the gas pressure in the discharge tube. In the Ar + N₂ mixtures the excitation conditions are complicated by the metastable argon atoms (3P_2,0) creating the nonequilibrium populations of electronic, vibrational and rotational N₂ states.     

Spectroscopic measurements of non-equilibrium nitrogen plasmas at moderate pressures

A local vibro-rotational analysis of the excited species, produced in a 35 MHz discharge reactor in flowing nitrogen, has been carried out by measuring radial and axial emission intensities of some vibrational sequences and selected rotational lines of the (0,2) band of the second positive system (SPS) of N₂ (C³Π_u - B³Π_g), in the pressure range 5–35 torr.Radial from lateral band or line emission intensities have been obtained by applying Abel's inversion technique to derive the corresponding vibrational and rotational temperatures with the use of Boltzmann plots. General maps of emission intensities and of vibrational and rotational temperature distributions within the reactor have been drawn.It is shown that a decrease of a factor 10³ in the emission intensities from the core to the periphery of the discharge corresponds to a variation in T_V and T_R of only a factor ?2. This result has been interpreted on the basis of the kinetic mechanisms for the excitation and deexcitation of chemical species under discharge conditions. The decrease of _V and the increase of T_R with increasing pressure are interpreted according to V-R (vibration-rotation) energy-transfer mechanisms.     

Measurements of spatially resolved electron number densities and modes temperatures using optical emission spectroscopy of atmospheric pressure microplasma jet

The electrical gas discharge parameters of direct-current non-thermal microplasma jet in Ar-2%H₂ flow at open atmospheric air was investigated by using spatially resolved optical emission spectroscopy (OES). The jet was confined from microhollow of tungsten-carbide (～500 μm inner diameter) to a molybdenum foil. Despite its small volume, the atmospheric pressure microplasma jet provides a range of power densities, from low to ～10¹² W m^?3 generated either in rare gases or in molecular gases. A high resolution spectrometer (Jobin-Yvon, Czerny-Turner model THR1000, resolution of 0.001 nm, with focal length of 1.0 m and numerical aperture of 0.13 ? f/7.5) was used to allow registration of OH (A ²Σ⁺, ν = 0 → X ²Π, ν′ = 0) rotational bands at 306.357 nm, Ar I 603.213 nm line and N₂ (C ³Π _u , ν = 0 → B ³Π _g , ν′ = 0) second positive system with the band head at 337.13 nm in order to estimate the rotational temperature from the cathode sheath of the plasma jet to the anode. For currents ranging from 20 to 100 mA and for a particular excited levels, the excitation temperature was measured in the negative glow region either from a Boltzmann plot of Ar I 4p–4s and 5p–4s transitions of excited argon or using the Mo I (from 440 to 450 nm) two-lines method of excited Mo atoms sputtered from the cathode surface, giving 24 000 K (100 mA at 100 μm) and 7000 K (20 mA at 500 μm from the cathode). From the N₂ (C ³Π _u , ν = 0 → B ³Π _g , ν′ = 0) rotational transition the rotational temperature along the positive column was estimated. The vibrational temperature of the bulk plasma (1400 to 4500 K) was estimated for a current varying from 20 to 120 mA using the N₂ second positive system with Δν = ?2. Using the broadening of H _β Balmer line it was possible to estimate the electron number density of the negative glow (10¹⁴ to 10¹⁵ cm^?3) as a function of the current.     

Kinetic ion-acoustic solitary waves in collisional plasmas

In this study, a bipolar high-voltage pulse with 20 ns rising time is employed to generate diffuse dielectric barrier discharge plasma using wire-plate electrode configuration in nitrogen at atmospheric pressure. The gas temperature of the plasma is determined by comparing the experimental and the best fitted optical emission spectra of the second positive bands of N₂(C³Π_u → B³ Π_g, 0-2) and the first negative bands of N₂ ⁺ (B² Σ_u ⁺ → X² Σ_g ⁺, 0-0). The effects of the concentration of argon and oxygen on the emission intensities of N₂ (C³Π_u → B³Π_g, 0-0, 337.1 nm), OH?(A ²Σ → X²Π, 0-0) and N₂ ⁺ (B² Σ_u ⁺ → X² Σ_g ⁺, 0-0, 391.4 nm) are investigated. It is shown that the plasma gas temperature keeps almost constant with the pulse repetition rate and pulse peak voltage increasing. The emission intensities of N₂ (C³Π_u → B³Π_g, 0-0, 337.1 nm), OH(A²Σ → X²Π, 0-0) and N₂ ⁺ (B² Σ_u ⁺ → X² Σ_g ⁺, 0-0, 391.4 nm) rise with increasing the concentration of argon, but decrease with increasing the concentration of oxygen, and the influences of oxygen concentration on the emission intensities of N₂(C³Π_u → B³Π_g, 0-0, 337.1 nm) and OH (A²Σ → X²Π, 0-0) are more greater than that on the emission intensity of N₂ ⁺ (B² Σ_u ⁺ → X² Σ_g ⁺, 0-0, 391.4 nm).     

Diagnosis of negative hydrogen ions and rovibrational distribution of H<Subscript>2</Subscript> molecule in non-thermal plasmas

Rovibrational excited hydrogen molecule plays an important role for the production of H^- ions. The correlation between H^- ion density and rovibrational distribution of H₂ molecules has been investigated in dielectric barrier discharge hydrogen plasmas via optical emission spectrometry and molecular beam mass spectrometry. The relative vibrational distribution of molecular hydrogen in the electronic ground state has been determined by the best fitting to the Fulcher-α band emission lines. It is shown that the ratio of the Q_(0-0)(1) to Q_(1-1)(1) line is very suitable and simple for the diagnosis of vibrational temperature in the range of 1500 to 7500 K. At certain discharge conditions (ac 40 kHz, 14 kV), the vibrational temperature decreases from 3600 to 2400 K as the pressure increases from 100 to 200 Pa and the negative ions density near the ground electrode also decreases as the pressure increases. Both the hydrogen ions density and the vibrational temperature increase with the increasing of discharge voltage. It is found that the evolution of negative atomic hydrogen ions density greatly depends on the vibrational temperature.