Spatial dynamics of the light emission from a microplasma array
- 10 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 92 (10), 101503
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2894227
Abstract
The spatial dynamics of the optical emission from an array of individual microplasma devices is reported. The array is operated in noble gas at atmospheric pressure with an ac voltage. The optical emission is analyzed with phase and space resolution. It has been found that the emission is not continuous over the entire ac period, it occurs only twice in each cycle. Each of the observed emission phases shows a self-pulsing of the discharge, with several bursts of emission of a fixed width and repetition rate. Cross-talk between the individual devices can be observed through spatially resolved measurements.
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