A VHF driven coaxial atmospheric air plasma: Electrical and optical characterization

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Byrns, Brandon ^a   Wooten, Daniel ^a   Lindsay, Alexander ^a   Shannon, Steven ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGE; ATMOSPHERIC AIR PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; EXCITED SPECIES; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH POWER DENSITY; OPERATING REGIMES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; PLASMA IMPEDANCE; POWER RANGE; PULSED DC; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SOURCE GEOMETRY; STATE OF THE ART;

AIR PURIFICATION; CHARACTERIZATION; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; PLASMAS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84860321943     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/19/195204     Document Type: Article

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