Spatio-temporal analysis of power deposition and vibrational excitation in pulsed N2 microwave discharges from 1D fluid modelling and experiments

M Altin, P Viegas, L Vialetto, GJ van Rooij… - … Sources Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Vibrational excitation of N 2 beyond thermodynamic equilibrium enhances the reactivity of
this molecule and the production of radicals. Experimentally measured temporal and spatial …

Energy partitioning in N2 microwave discharges: integrated Fokker–Planck approach to vibrational kinetics and comparison with experiments

M Altin, P Viegas, L Vialetto… - Plasma Sources …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This work investigates energy transfers between electrons, vibrational and translational
degrees of freedom and their effect on dissociation mechanisms in a N 2 microwave plasma …