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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 96 / Issue 18 / PLASMAS AND ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 181501 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3425668 (3 pages)

Nonlinear frequency coupling in dual radio-frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasmas

J. Waskoenig and T. Gans

Centre for Plasma Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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(Received 27 February 2010; accepted 12 April 2010; published online 3 May 2010)

Plasma ionization, and associated mode transitions, in dual radio-frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasmas are governed through nonlinear frequency coupling in the dynamics of the plasma boundary sheath. Ionization in low-power mode is determined by the nonlinear coupling of electron heating and the momentary local plasma density. Ionization in high-power mode is driven by electron avalanches during phases of transient high electric fields within the boundary sheath. The transition between these distinctly different modes is controlled by the total voltage of both frequency components.

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atmospheric pressure, ionisation, plasma density, plasma sheaths

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1077-3118 (online)

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