Active species in the afterglow of an atmospheric pressure DBD under bipolar pulsed HV excitation

Author

Panousis, E. ; Ricard, A. ; Gaboriau, F. ; Clément, F. ; Lecoq, E. ; Loiseau, J.-F. ; Held, B.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electron. des Gaz et des Plasmas - IPREM, Univ. de Pau et des Pays de l´´Adour, Pau, France

fYear

2008

fDate

7-12 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

288

Abstract

The purpose of this experimental work is to investigate the production of active species present in an atmospheric pressure DBD afterglow in high gas flow of Nitrogen. The experimental set-up here presented has been conceived for surface treatment applications in afterglow conditions. Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) is used for the analysis and characterization of the afterglow. Special attention is drawn on the production of atomic Oxygen and Nitrogen as well the N₂(A) metastable. A NO-titration method along with a kinetic model for the afterglow is used in order to estimate the aforementioned species´ densities when varying experimental parameters.

Keywords

dielectric materials; discharges (electric); metastable states; nitrogen; oxygen; plasma materials processing; surface treatment; N; N₂; NO-titration method; O; active species; atmospheric pressure DBD afterglow; atomic nitrogen; atomic oxygen; bipolar pulsed HV excitation; high gas flow; metastable nitrogen; optical emission spectroscopy; pressure 1 atm; surface treatment applications; Atom optics; Fluid flow; Metastasis; Nitrogen; Optical pulses; Oxygen; Production; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Surface treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Gas Discharges and Their Applications, 2008. GD 2008. 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cardiff

Print_ISBN

978-0-9558052-0-2

Type

conf

Filename

5379231