A Streamer-Like Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet (Postprint)

Abstract

The properties of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) are examined in a single-cell dielectric capillary configuration. In contrast to some other flow-driven APPJs, this stable, cold plasma jet is electrically driven, composed of rapidly propagating ionization fronts with speeds of the order of 107 sq cm. Using spatially and temporally resolved optical diagnostics, it is demonstrated that the plasma jet is initiated independent of the dielectric barrier discharge inside the capillary. It is also shown that the properties and dynamics of this APPJ are directly analogous to those of positive corona streamer discharges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA483072

Entities

People

  • Biswa. N. Ganguly
  • Brian L. Sands
  • Kunihide Tachibana

Organizations

  • Universal Energy Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Bandpass Filters
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Contrast
  • Detectors
  • Dynamics
  • Electric Fields
  • Ionization
  • Lepidoptera
  • Microvessels
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Plasma Jets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.