Factors affecting the UV emission from pulsed surface discharges

Author

Tuema, Fadhil A. ; MacGregor, Scott J. ; Fouracre, Richard A ; Fulker, David J. ; Finlayson, Andrew J. ; Winstanley, Paul A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

28

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1588

Lastpage

1592

Abstract

The emission properties of pulsed electrical discharges propagating across the surfaces of PET, PP, PTFE, UPVC, and PVDF in various gases have been investigated. The optical spectra from the discharges have been recorded over the 200-500 nm bandwidth and the effect of the interaction between the pulsed discharge and the substrate material studied. The gases used were air, argon, and SF₆ at pressures in the range 0.1-1 bar. In comparison to the other gases, SF ₆ was found to produce the most intense continuum and line emission within the 200-300 nm spectral region. The substrate material was found to affect both the intensity of continuum spectra and the content of the discrete line spectra. When PTFE was employed, the continuum spectra was more intense compared to that of the other materials. In contrast, the use of PVC resulted in a considerable modification to the composition of the discrete line spectra

Keywords

polymers; surface discharges; 0.1 to 1 bar; 200 to 500 nm; Ar; PET; PP; PTFE; PVDF; SF₆; UPVC; UV emission; air; discrete line spectra; electrical discharges; intense continuum emission; intense line emission; optical spectra; pulsed surface discharges; substrate material; Argon; Bandwidth; Gases; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical recording; Positron emission tomography; Stimulated emission; Surface discharges;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.901238

Filename

901238