Comparative investigation of monochromatization light effect at molecular/atomic level in electronegativeelectropositive gas mixtures plasma
L. C. CIOBOTARU1,*
Affiliation
- National Institute of Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania
Abstract
In electronegative-electropositive gas mixtures plasma, at a total pressure varying in the range of ten to hundred Torr, was
reported the appearance of a quasi-mochromatization effect of the emitted radiation. This radiation could be the result of the
generating mechanisms at molecular level, which is the case of the excimer radiation but also at atomic level. Thus, in the
last case, in (Ne+1%Ar/Xe+H2) gas mixtures plasma in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), this effect consists in the
reduction of the discharge emission spectrum practice at one single, strong spectral line, namely = 585.3 nm. The
present paper is concerned with the main characteristics comparative investigation of the principal reaction mechanisms
involved in the quasi-monochromatization effect existence, namely the direct Harpoon reaction, in the case of the excimer
radition, which appears as a result of the generation processes at molecular level and the resonant polar three-body
reaction, as a result of the generation processes at atomic level. Also, the paper points out the role and the importance of
the metastable electronegative atoms in the appearance of the monochromatization –effect at atomic level..
Keywords
Monochromatization – effect, Direct Harpoon reaction, Resonant polar three-body reaction.
Citation
L. C. CIOBOTARU, Comparative investigation of monochromatization light effect at molecular/atomic level in electronegativeelectropositive gas mixtures plasma, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 5-6, May-June 2012, pp.668-672 (2012).
Submitted at: March 1, 2012
Accepted at: June 6, 2012