Title :
Pulsed microwave discharges sustained at atmospheric pressure: study of the contraction and filamentation phenomena
Author :
Kabouzi, Yassine ; Moisan, Michel
Author_Institution :
Groupe de Phys. des Plasmas, Univ. de Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Contraction and filamentation phenomena are studied in a neon atmospheric-pressure microwave discharge sustained in a pulsed-power regime. The time evolution of the discharge is observed by means of an intensified charge coupled device (ICCD) and analyzed in terms of nonuniform gas heating and electromagnetic skin effect.
Keywords :
filamentation instability; high-frequency discharges; neon; plasma diagnostics; plasma heating; skin effect; Ne; atmospheric pressure; contraction; electromagnetic skin effect; filamentation; intensified charge coupled device; neon; nonuniform gas heating; pulsed microwave discharges; Atmospheric waves; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Electromagnetic heating; Electron tubes; Microwave frequencies; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Radio frequency; Skin effect; Surface discharges; Atmospheric pressure plasmas; contraction; filamentation; pulsed surface-wave discharges;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2005.845039
