Excitation frequency dependent mode manipulation in radio-frequency atmospheric argon glow discharges

Jie Zhang, Ke Ding, Kaya Wei, Jing Zhang, and Jianjun Shi<br/> An experimental investigation is presented to characterize the dependence of discharge operation modes (alpha and gamma modes) and their transition on excitation frequency in radio-frequency atmospheric argon glow discharges. The current-voltage characteristics are used to distinguish the alpha and … [Phys. Plasmas 16, 090702 (2009)] published Thu Sep 24, 2009.