Spatio-temporal dynamics of pulsed gas breakdown in microgaps

Meng, Guodong; Ying, Qi; Loveless, Amanda M.; Wu, Feihong; Wang, Kejing; Fu, Yangyang; Garner, Allen L.; Cheng, Yonghong

doi:10.1063/1.5081009

Title: Spatio-temporal dynamics of pulsed gas breakdown in microgaps

Journal Article · 30 January 2019 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5081009 · OSTI ID:1610601

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Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. (China); DOE/OSTI
Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. (China)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Microscale gas breakdown plays a critical role in microplasma generation for numerous applications and device lifetime for miniaturized electronics. This communication extends a previous investigation of pulsed breakdown morphology [G. Meng et al., Phys. Plasmas 25, 082116 (2018)] by providing further insight into the spatio-temporal dynamics of pulsed gas breakdown for different gap distances using an in-situ electrical-optical measurement method. Time-resolved sequential images and the corresponding photon number distributions are obtained to demonstrate the dynamic evolution of the breakdown channel morphology and the ionization intensity during breakdown development. For a 15 μm gap, breakdown transitions from a spot area on both electrode surfaces to a broad discharge region comprised of filamentary main breakdown channel (~2.00 μm) and surrounding weak ionization area due to the local field enhancement. For a 2 μm gap, it transitions from a thin channel (~1.09 μm) to a wider and uniform channel (~2.14 μm) because the electric field is more uniform at smaller gaps. Interestingly, the main breakdown channel width at the instant of breakdown is independent of the gap width. For the 2 μm gap, field emission dominates the initial stage of breakdown and collision ionization (α process) dominates during breakdown development, while the Townsend avalanche dominates the breakdown process for the 15 μm gap. Finally, we apply a simple asymptotic theory to quantify the relative contribution of these phenomena and predict that breakdown will follow Paschen's law for gaps larger than 17.8 μm.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); Research Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001939

OSTI ID:: 1610601

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 26; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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