Multilayer plasma patterns in paralleled and coupled atmospheric glow discharges

Author

Yang, Y. ; Shi, J.J. ; Harry, J.E. ; Proctor, J. ; Garner, C.P. ; Kong, M.G.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. & Manuf. Eng., Loughborough Univ., UK

Volume

33

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

298

Lastpage

299

Abstract

We report observations of multilayer plasma patterns in multiple atmospheric glow discharges sustained simultaneously with a single power supply. Depending on operation conditions, these atmospheric glow plasmas either operate in parallel, seemingly independent of one another, or undergo structural coupling. In both scenarios, multilayer structures are observed. These self-organized plasma patterns are stable and their presence remains even when individual atmospheric glow plasmas couple with one another.

Keywords

glow discharges; pattern formation; plasma instability; plasma nonlinear processes; coupled atmospheric glow discharge; multilayer plasma patterns; paralleled atmospheric glow discharge; plasma instability; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Capacitors; Electrodes; Glow discharges; Nonhomogeneous media; Plasma materials processing; Plasma sources; Plasma stability; Power supplies; Voltage; Atmospheric pressure glow discharges; plasma coupling; self organization; striation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2005.845099

Filename

1420445