Title : 
Transition Between Patterned and Diffuse Discharge in an Ne DBD
         
        
            Author : 
Haiyun Luo ; Junxia Ran ; Xinxin Wang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Dielectric barrier discharge in a wedge-like gap of neon was investigated. The transition between the patterned discharge and the diffuse discharge was observed when the applied voltage or the gas pressure changed. The mechanism for this transition was proposed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electric breakdown; filamentation instability; neon; plasma sources; Ne; applied voltage; dielectric barrier discharge; gas pressure; neon DBD; patterned-diffuse discharge transition; wedge like gap; Atmospheric modeling; Dielectrics; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Gases; Plasmas; Dielectric barrier discharge; diffuse discharge; patterned discharge; patterned discharge.;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TPS.2014.2319332