Kinetic study on microwave discharge plasma and its afterglow

Yang Wei; Zhou Qianhong; Dong Zhiwei

doi:10.11884/HPLPB201830.170447

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Yang Wei, Zhou Qianhong, Dong Zhiwei. Kinetic study on microwave discharge plasma and its afterglow[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2018, 30: 053007. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201830.170447

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Yang Wei, Zhou Qianhong, Dong Zhiwei. Kinetic study on microwave discharge plasma and its afterglow[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2018, 30: 053007. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201830.170447

Yang Wei, Zhou Qianhong, Dong Zhiwei. Kinetic study on microwave discharge plasma and its afterglow[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2018, 30: 053007. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201830.170447

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Yang Wei, Zhou Qianhong, Dong Zhiwei. Kinetic study on microwave discharge plasma and its afterglow[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2018, 30: 053007. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201830.170447

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Kinetic study on microwave discharge plasma and its afterglow

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB201830.170447

Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China

Received Date: 2017-11-08
Rev Recd Date: 2018-03-07
Publish Date: 2018-05-15

Abstract

Abstract

Gas discharge plasmas generated by μs-pulse focused microwaves are investigated. The model is based on a self-consistent solution to Helmholtz equation for microwave field, particle continuity equations, and the energy balance equations, coupled with plasma kinetics. Two recent experiments are studied: a. sub-megawatt (MW) X-band 9.4 GHz microwave breakdown in nitrogen; b. MW-class W-band 110 GHz microwave breakdown in 100-10 000 Pa air. In experiment a, the tracked density of electronic states N₂(C³Π_u) agreed with the measured intensity from second positive system (SPS) of optical emission spectroscopy (OES). In experiment b, the simulation results reproduced the dependence of nitrogen vibrational and translational temperature on air pressure measured by OES. The underlying mechanisms for the above coincidences are unveiled.
- high power microwave,
- gas discharge,
- plasma,
- energy balance,
- optical emission spectroscopy

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