@inproceedings{70f4df3f07a1417a9d063c6cba274d61,
title = "A parametric investigation of repetitively pulsed nanosecond duration discharges in argon",
abstract = "This paper presents the results of investigations studying the influence of adjustable parameters in a plate-to-plate repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge on the temperature and number density characteristics of argon using the absorption characteristics of a metastable transition. Specifically, the effects of pulse energy, pulse repetition frequency and gas pressure on the temperature and number density distributions of metastable argon have been quantified using diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The metastable argon 1s3 state is optically probed by current scanning a vertical cavity surface emitting laser diode over the 1s3→2p4 metastable transition at 794:8176 nm. The importance of the fast detection method used to make time-resolved measurements, the effect of the parameters on the translational temperature and number density of metastable argon and the spatial variation of temperature at three different locations between two at plate electrodes are discussed in this paper. Our measurements show that, for small input pulse energies, the peak temperature of the argon atoms in the 1s3 state can exceed ambient room temperature by up to an order of magnitude.",
author = "Rounak Manoharan and Boyson, \{Toby K.\} and Sean O{\textquoteright}Byrne",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved.; 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; Conference date: 09-01-2017 Through 13-01-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.2514/6.2017-1810",
language = "English",
series = "AIAA SciTech Forum - 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.",
booktitle = "AIAA SciTech Forum - 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting",
}