Levitation of fluorescent polymer microspheres in a DC glow argon plasma

Author

Willis, Shawn ; Gandy, Rex ; Shimoyama, Hiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA

Volume

30

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

87

Abstract

The Idaho dusty plasma device is a facility devoted to understanding the dynamics of the dust particles. As an initial step in this process, dust clouds have been trapped in a DC glow plasma. Plasma characteristics and the dynamical properties of the dust particles have been measured using Langmuir probes and optical diagnostics, respectively

Keywords

Langmuir probes; dusty plasmas; fluorescence; glow discharges; magnetic levitation; particle traps; plasma devices; plasma diagnostics; polymers; Ar; DC glow argon plasma; Idaho dusty plasma device; Langmuir probes; dust cloud trapping; dust particle dynamics; dust particle levitation; dynamical properties; fluorescent polymer microspheres; levitation electrode; natural motion; optical diagnostics; plasma characteristics; plasma devices; plasma sheath; Argon; Clouds; Dusty plasma; Fluorescence; Levitation; Plasma devices; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Polymers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2002.1003936

Filename

1003936