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M. Zinge

Determination of gas temperature of high-frequency low-temperature electrodeless plasma using molecular spectra of hydrogen and hydroxyl-radical

Abstract In this study we determine gas temperature of He+H 2 , Ar+H 2 and Ne+H 2 high frequency electrodeless lamps using intensity distribution in rotational spectra of hydrogen molecule and hydroxyl radical. The measurement results show that OH rotational spectra can be successfully used for estimation of gas temperature of the high-frequency electrodeless lamps at very small amounts of hydrogen present in plasma. The analysis of the measurement results leads to the conclusion that in “pure” plasma the applied energy is used to heat plasma, while for the plasma with hydrogen addition the energy is used in chemical reactions.

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Spectroscopic studies of Tl containing high frequency electrodeless lamps

In this work we estimate gas temperature from OH rotational spectrum at 306.4 nm and C 2 Swan band at 516.5 nm in thallium containing lamps during two working regimes: stable generation and self-modulation regime. The usage of both molecules allowed us to estimate gas temperature in different zones of the discharge. The measurement results show that the central part of discharge has temperature higher for about 400 K than in vicinity of lamp inner walls. The measurement results of self-modulation regime showed that rotational temperature variations are similar to that of atomic and molecular spectral line intensities with period being around 1 minute. More detailed analysis of temporal beha…

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