We report the development of SOMAFOAM, a finite volume framework for performing
continuum simulations of low-temperature plasmas. The primary goal of this work is to …

Microwave resonator-driven microplasmas are a promising technology for generating the
high density of rare-gas metastable states required for optically pumped rare gas laser …

A self-consistent model has been formulated that describes microwave discharge in an
argon/ethanol gas mixture. On the basis of this model, two-dimensional numerical …

We present a study of atmospheric-pressure microdischarges sustained over a wide range
of continuous excitation frequencies. A fluid model is used to describe the spatial and …

In the present study, atmospheric pressure argon plasma jets driven by lower-power pulsed
microwaves have been proposed with a type of hairpin resonator. The plasma jet plume …

Electron kinetics in atmospheric-pressure argon and nitrogen microwave (4 GHz)
microdischarges is studied using a self-consistent one-dimensional Particle-in-Cell Monte …

Nonlinearities in microplasmas excited by microwaves are described both experimentally
and through a 2D fluid model. A split-ring resonator generates a microplasma in a 150 μm …

A photonic crystal (PhC) with a single vacancy sustains an argon microplasma at 94 GHz.
The PhC consists of a 7× 13 array of small alumina rods, each 250 μm in radius. The PhC …

The breakdown process in an atmospheric pressure nanosecond helium/argon mixture
discharge with parallel-plate electrodes is investigated by temporally and spatially resolved …

Plasma bullet is the formation and propagation of a guided ionization wave (streamer),
normally generated in atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ). In most cases, only an …