Gas flow dependence of ground state atomic oxygen in plasma needle discharge at atmospheric pressure

  • Yukinori Sakiyama
  • , David B. Graves
  • , Nikolas Knake
  • , Daniel SchröDer
  • , Jörg Winter
  • , Volker Schulz Von Der Gathen

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Abstract

We present clear evidence that ground state atomic oxygen shows two patterns near a surface in the helium plasma needle discharge. Two-photon absorption laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, combined with gas flow simulation, was employed to obtain spatially-resolved ground state atomic oxygen densities. When the feed gas flow rate is low, the radial density peaks along the axis of the needle. At high flow rate, a ring-shaped density distribution appears. The peak density is on the order of 1021 m-3 in both cases. The results are consistent with a previous report of the flow-dependent bacterial killing pattern observed under similar conditions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)979-988
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Library and Information Sciences

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