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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"microplasma devices"”.
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Silicon microplasma devices as real-time sensors of bulk plasma
Silicon microcavity devices have been demonstrated to exhibit photodetection capabilities. This thesis explores the possibility of using silicon microcavity devices as passive photodetectors for bulk plasma to serve as a diagnostic tool. The voltage-current characteristics of the device show that …
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Aluminum/aluminum oxide structured microplasma devices: Paschen's Law and applications
Aluminum/aluminum oxide microplasma novel devices can be fabricated by sequences of inexpensive wet electrochemical processes and provide an attractive tool to study plasma physics by modifying the device geometry as desired. A wet electrochemical process, used for fabricating microscale cavities …
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Coupled phenomena in arrays of microplasma devices and microchannel plasma devices as antennas
… blasting was proposed and demonstrated. The microplasmas were optically and electrically probed in this work. The investigation showed that each plasma is physically separated and yet, under the proper conditions, is optically and/or electrically coupled to its neighbors. In arrays as large …
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Measurement of Electron Density and Temperature in Silicon Microplasma Devices by Optical Emission Spectroscopy
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Flexible and transparent microcavity plasma devices: fabricated by polymer-based replica molding technique
The fabrication of flexible and transparent microplasma devices using plastic substrate has explored new avenues in plasma science and technology. A polymer-based replica molding process enables inexpensive and accurate production of microcavities of the devices. Best known as the sources of …
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Silicon microcavity and microchannel plasma devices: spectroscopy and time-resolved optical experiments
Novel microcavity and microchannel plasma devices in Si have provided new and efficient sources of visible, ultraviolet (UV) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation. The realization of this new platform for devices is implemented through VLSI and MEMS fabrication techniques. In this thesis, the …
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Microstructural Control of Aluminum/aluminum Oxide Electrochemistry: Aluminum/aluminum Oxide Photonic Devices
… been observed for 50 x 50 to 320 x 160 arrays of microplasma devices with parabolic cross-sectional microcavities and conformal aluminum electrodes, operating in Ne/Xe gas mixtures. In addition, a microchannel plasma device with complex electrode geometries have been fabricated in a single sheet …
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Particle modeling of non-equilibrium field emission driven RF microplasmas
<p>Non-equilibrium microplasmas at atmospheric pressures have been investigated for active flow control, micropropulsion and electronic display applications to name a few. The operational voltages for these microplasmas are on the order of kilovolts. When the electric field at the electrodes …