More Efficient Microwave Argon Plasma Jet With a Symmetric Hairpin Copper Wire at Atmospheric Pressure

Author

Zhaoquan Chen ; Zhixiang Yin ; Yourui Huang ; Stepanova, Olga ; Gutsev, Sergey ; Kudryavtsev, Anatoly A.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Anhui Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Huainan, China

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar-15

Firstpage

906

Lastpage

907

Abstract

In this paper, 2.45-GHz microwave argon plasma jets at atmospheric gas pressure are generated at the end of quartz tube (with an inner radius of 2 mm). With the applied power of 50 W and the different patterns of exciter, the lengths of plasma jet plume out of the end of quartz tube, about 5, 15, and 25 mm, respectively, are obtained. Moreover, the simulated result suggests that the efficient plasma jet with a symmetric hairpin copper wire is attributed to the enhanced electric field of local surface plasmon polaritons.

Keywords

copper; high-frequency discharges; plasma jets; polaritons; surface plasmons; atmospheric gas pressure; enhanced electric field; frequency 2.45 GHz; local surface plasmon polaritons; microwave argon plasma jets; plasma jet plume; power 50 W; pressure 1 atm; quartz tube end; radius 2 mm; size 15 mm; size 25 mm; size 5 mm; symmetric hairpin copper wire; Argon; Atmospheric modeling; Copper; Discharges (electric); Electron tubes; Plasmas; Wires; Atmospheric pressure plasma; local surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs); microwave argon plasma jet; microwave argon plasma jet.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2015.2393552

Filename

7027191