Hybrid RF/DC plasma torch for generation of singlet oxygen in discharge oxygen-iodine laser

Josef Schmiedberger; Karel Rohlena; Jan Gregor; Petr Křenek; Vít Jirásek; Miroslav Čenský; Jarmila Kodymová

doi:10.1117/12.880937

15 November 2010 Hybrid RF/DC plasma torch for generation of singlet oxygen in discharge oxygen-iodine laser

Josef Schmiedberger, Karel Rohlena, Jan Gregor, Petr Křenek, Vít Jirásek, Miroslav Čenský, Jarmila Kodymová

Proceedings Volume 7751, XVIII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers; 77510G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880937
Event: 18th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Lasers, 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

Latest advances in development of a hybrid RF/DC plasma jet generator of O₂(¹Δ) for a discharge oxygen-iodine laser are presented. This novel apparatus is based on a fast mixing of hybrid Ar+He plasma jet of DC electric arc sustained by an RF discharge with an injected neutral O₂+He+NO stream. Calculations of singlet oxygen yield have shown that only non-equilibrium plasma with a high content of heated electrons (~3 eV) and a gas temperature of ~2500 K appears to be promising for an achievable yield of singlet oxygen up to ~42 %. A stable high-pressure hybrid RF/DC plasmatron with a diffusive arc mode near the anode side (assisted by a plasma anode) was demonstrated experimentally in the mixture Ar:He = ~9.84:5 mmol/s at a power level of 610 W (RF power 490 W and DC arc power 120 W) and at a pressure of 165 Torr. The specific energy of the plasma jet was 41 J/mmol. A generation of singlet oxygen was performed by a laterally symmetric injection of neutral mixture O₂:He:NO = 1.5:2.44:0.22 mmol/s into the plasma jet of the hybrid RF/DC plasmatron. The estimated yield of singlet oxygen O₂(¹Δ) was ~5 % at a pressure of 10.5 Torr.

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Josef Schmiedberger, Karel Rohlena, Jan Gregor, Petr Křenek, Vít Jirásek, Miroslav Čenský, and Jarmila Kodymová "Hybrid RF/DC plasma torch for generation of singlet oxygen in discharge oxygen-iodine laser", Proc. SPIE 7751, XVIII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, 77510G (15 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880937

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