A Novel Optical System for Investigation on the Characteristics of Light Emission from Long Plasma Column

Abstract:

Although intensified charge coupled device (ICCD) is conventionally used to investigate the breakdown mechanism in gas discharge. ICCD can not be used to study the long plasma column because it is hard to be imaged. For solving this problem, a novel optical system is proposed which consists of several elements. Each element is composed of one collimator and a photomultiplier tube. Using this system, spatial resolved emission signal can be obtained. Results show that the light emission signal from each area shows a pulse with a width of about 3μs. It is interesting that the time lag in each half cycle increases with the increase of distance away from the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). This phenomenon implies that the plasma bullet always leaves DBD at the rising edge of the applied voltage. The time lag versus the distance from DBD is used to calculate the propagation velocity of the discharge.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 220-223)
• Pages: 2047-2051
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.220-223.2047
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Xue Chen Li, Peng Ying Jia
• Keywords: Gas Discharge, Light Emission, Novel Optical System, Spatial Resoved Light Signal

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