Femtosecond, two-photon laser-induced-fluorescence imaging of atomic oxygen in an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. Femtosecond, two-photon-absorption laser-induced-fluorescence (fs-TALIF) spectroscopy is employed to measure space- and time-resolved atomic-oxygen distributions in a nanosecond, repetitively pulsed, externally grounded, atmospheric-pressure plasma jet flowing helium with a variable oxygen admixture. The high-peak-intensity, low-average-energy femtosecond pulses result in increased TALIF signal with reduced photolytic inferences. This allows 2D imaging of absolute atomic-oxygen number densities ranging from 5.8 1015 to 2.0 1012cm-3 using a cooled CCD with an external intensifier. Xenon is used for signal and imaging-system calibrations to quantify the atomic-oxygen fluorescence signal. Initial results highlight a transition in discharge morphology from annular to filamentary, corresponding with a change in plasma chemistry from ozone to atomic oxygen production, as the concentration of oxygen in the feed gas is changed at a fixed voltage-pulse-repetition rate. In this configuration, significant concentrations of reactive oxygen species may be remotely generated by sustaining an active discharge beyond the confines of the dielectric capillary, which may benefit applications that require large concentrations of reactive oxygen species such as material processing or biomedical devices.

published proceedings

  • PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

  • Schmidt, J. B., Sands, B. L., Kulatilaka, W. D., Roy, S., Scofield, J., & Gord, J. R.

citation count

  • 18

complete list of authors

  • Schmidt, Jacob B||Sands, Brian L||Kulatilaka, Waruna D||Roy, Sukesh||Scofield, James||Gord, James R

publication date

  • May 2015