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Dynamics of a Plasma Panel Discharge: Current Waveform and Optical Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Ambalanath ,
A. D. Compaan ,
J. M. Truxon ,
J. Gottschalky ,
A. Shvidky ,
C. E. Theodosiou  and
W. Williamson Jr
S. Ambalanath
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
A. D. Compaan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
J. M. Truxon
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
J. Gottschalky
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
A. Shvidky
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
C. E. Theodosiou
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
W. Williamson Jr
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, adc@physics.utoledo.edu
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Abstract

We have studied the current waveform as well as the time- and spectrally-resolved optical emission from a monochrome ac plasma display panel as a function of driving voltage. The voltage driver provided a 18 ns risetime pulse which allowed for a clean separation between the displacement current pulse, ∼25 ns wide, and the discharge pulse. The commercial panel was specially filled with pure He to facilitate comparisons with numerical modeling of the discharge based on relatively new computational procedures which are applied to a local-field approximation for the plasma. The delay in the discharge pulse and the light emission at 668 nm (3d 1D→2p 1P), ranges from ∼100 ns just above the sustain threshold (± 110V) to ∼30 ns at higher voltage (±150 V).

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 471: Symposium G – Flat Panel Display Materials III , 1997 , 105
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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