A nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge ignited in atmospheric air was studied by optical emission spectroscopy to investigate the time- and space-resolved development of the reduced electric field. The discharge operated in two distinct modes that correlate with the values of the applied electric field: non-uniform streamer regime and uniform breakdown regime. It is shown that the reduced electric field in the non-uniform mode corresponds to the propagation of cathode-directed streamers, while in uniform discharge both molecular nitrogen emission and the reduced electric field are uniformly distributed along the gap during the initial discharge development stage with corresponding lower reduced electric field values.
Journal of physics. D, Applied physics, v 52(10), p105205
Publisher
Iop Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
8
Grant note
DE-SC0016492 / NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering (DOE); National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
C. and J. Nyheim Plasma Institute; Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Web of Science ID
WOS:000455821200001
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85060201601
Other Identifier
991019168752904721
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