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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2010.19.1.036

Exact Solutions of Plasma Diffusion in a Fine Tube Positive Column Discharge  

Jin, D.J. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Jeong, J.M. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, J.H. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Hwang, H.C. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Chung, J.Y. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Cho, Y.H. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Lim, H.K. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Koo, J.H. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Choi, E.H. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
Cho, G.S. (Department of Electrophysics/LCD-BLU Lab., oratory, Kwangwoon University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.19, no.1, 2010 , pp. 36-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
The ambipolar diffusion equation has been solved in a fine-tube lamp of a few mm in diameter. In the diffusion of radial direction, the plasma diffuses and vanishes away at the glass wall by recombination with the characteristic time of plasma loss is given by $\tau_r\;=\;(r_0/2.4)^2/D_a$. With the radius $r_0{\sim}1\;mm$ and the ambipolar diffusion coefficient $D_a{\sim}0.01\;m^2/s$, the vanishing time is calculated $\tau_r{\sim}10\;{\mu}s$ which corresponds to the least value of frequency 30 kHz for the sustaining the plasma in the operation of high voltage AC-power. In the diffusion of longitudinal z-direction, a high density plasma generated at the area of a high voltage electrode, diffuses into the positive column with the characteristic time $\tau_z{\sim}0.1\;s$. The plasma diffusion velocity at the boundary of high density plasma is $u_D{\sim}10^2\;m/s$ at the time $t{\sim}10^{-6}$ s and the diffusion velocity becomes slow as $u_D{\sim}1\;m/s$ at $t{\sim}10^{-3}\;s$. Therefore, for the long lamp of 1 m, it takes about several seconds for the high density plasma at the area of electrode to diffuse through the whole positive column space.
Keywords
Plasma; Discharge; Diffusion; Positive column; CCFL; EEFL;
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