The radial profiles of the electron density, electron temperature, and molecular rotational
temperature are investigated in an argon atmospheric-pressure plasma jet in contact with
vaporized water, which is driven by a 13.56 MHz radio frequency by means of the Thomson
and Raman laser scattering methods. There is a distinct difference in the radial profiles of
the plasma parameters between plasmas in contact with water and those without water
contact. In the case of plasmas without vaporized water contact, all the parameters have a …