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Finite element analysis of ring-shaped emission profile in plasma bullet

Source: Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 041501 (2010); doi:10.1063/1.3298639

Published 26 January 2010

KEYWORDS and PACS
Keywords
PACS
  • 52.30.-q
    Plasma dynamics and flow
  • 52.25.Os
    Emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation from plasmas
  • 52.65.-y
    Plasma simulation
  • 52.70.Kz
    Optical (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) plasma diagnostic measurements
  • YEAR: 2010
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1553-9601 (online)
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Yukinori Sakiyama,1 David B. Graves,1 Julien Jarrige,2 and Mounir Laroussi2
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
2Laser and Plasma Engineering Institute, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
Using a one-way coupled model of neutral gas flow and plasma dynamics we report a mechanism to explain the ring-shaped emission pattern that has been observed experimentally in plasma bullets at atmospheric pressure. We solve a fluid model with the local field approximation in one-dimensional cylindrical coordinates, corresponding to a cross-section of a plasma bullet. Pulselike uniform electric field is assumed to be applied perpendicular to the simulation domain. Time and spatially resolved spectroscopic measurements support the simulation results. ©2010 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 23 September 2009; accepted 5 January 2010; published 26 January 2010
Permalink: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/96/041501/1

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