Multistage, monolithic ceramic microdischarge device having an active length of ∼0.27 mm

B. A. Vojak; S. J. Park; C. J. Wagner; J. G. Eden; R. Koripella; J. Burdon; F. Zenhausern; D. L. Wilcox

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Multistage, monolithic ceramic microdischarge device having an active length of ∼0.27 mm

B. A. Vojak, S. J. Park, C. J. Wagner, J. G. Eden, R. Koripella, J. Burdon, F. Zenhausern, D. L. Wilcox

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A three-stage, multilayer ceramic microdischarge device, having an active length of ∼267 μm and a cylindrical discharge channel 140-150 μm in diameter, has been developed and operated continuously in Ne gas. Stable glow discharges are produced for pressures above 1 atm, operating voltages as low as 137 V (at 800 Torr), and specific power loadings of ∼40 kW cm^-3. The V-I characteristics for a fired ceramic structure exhibit a negative resistance, whereas the resistance is positive prior to firing. The manufacturability of the fabrication process as well as the "flow-through" and multistage design of this device make it well suited for the excitation of gas microlasers or the dissociation of toxic or environmentally hazardous gases and vapors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1340-1342
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	78
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1352042
State	Published - Mar 5 2001
Externally published	Yes

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