1. Spatially-Resolved Spectroscopic Diagnostics of a Miniature RF Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet in Argon Open to Ambient Air
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Florent P. Sainct, R. K. Gangwar, Luc Stafford, Antoine Durocher-Jean, Sylvain Coulombe, Norma Yadira Mendoza Gonzalez, Diagnostic des Plasmas Hors Equilibres (DPHE), Institut national universitaire Champollion [Albi] (INUC), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Département de Physique [Montréal], and Université de Montréal (UdeM)
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Materials science ,Absorption spectroscopy ,Population ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,optical emission spectroscopy ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,collisional-radiative model ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph] ,0103 physical sciences ,atmospheric pressure plasma jet ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Emission spectrum ,education ,010302 applied physics ,education.field_of_study ,Glow discharge ,Argon ,Atmospheric pressure ,optical absorption spectroscopy ,Rotational temperature ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,chemistry ,Physics::Space Physics ,Electron temperature ,Atomic physics ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
The spatially-resolved electron temperature, rotational temperature, and number density of the two metastable Ar 1 s levels were investigated in a miniature RF Ar glow discharge jet at atmospheric pressure. The 1 s level population densities were determined from optical absorption spectroscopy (OAS) measurements assuming a Voigt profile for the plasma emission and a Gaussian profile for the lamp emission. As for the electron temperature, it was deduced from the comparison of the measured Ar 2 p i &rarr, 1 s j emission lines with those simulated using a collisional-radiative model. The Ar 1 s level population higher than 10 18 m - 3 and electron temperature around 2.5 eV were obtained close to the nozzle exit. In addition, both values decreased steadily along the discharge axis. Rotational temperatures determined from OH(A) and N 2 (C) optical emission featured a large difference with the gas temperature found from a thermocouple, a feature ascribed to the population of emitting OH and N 2 states by energy transfer reactions involving the Ar 1 s levels.
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- 2020
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