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Investigation of the bistable behaviour of multiple anodic structures in dc discharge plasma

S. CHIRIAC1, M. AFLORI1, D. G. DIMITRIU1,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Plasma Physics,“Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania

Abstract

By applying a positive potential on an electrode immersed in a dc discharge plasma, a complex space charge structure (CSCS), consisting from a positive ion-enriched plasma region confined by an electrical double layer (DL), appears. Under certain experimental conditions, a more complex structure was observed, which was caled multiple double layers (MDLs). Depending on the experimental parameters (especia ly the geometry of the experiment, the gas nature and pressure and the plasma density), this structure can appear in two geometrical forms: concentric (as several bright plasma shels attached to the electrode) and non-concentric (as a network of luminous plasma spots, each near others, almost equaly distributed on the electrode surface). Here we present experimental results concerning the dynamic states of multiple double layers in dc discharge plasma. These dynamic states were recorded as strongly nonlinear oscilations of the current colected by the electrode. The oscillations appear because the plasma system performs fast transitions between states characterized by different electrical conductivities. This bistability was analyzed by the modern techniques provided by the nonlinear dynamics. In the case of non-concentric MDLs, a scenario of transition to chaos by torus breakdown was emphasized..

Keywords

Bistability, Multiple double layers, Chaos, Torus breakdown.

Submitted at: Oct. 14, 2005
Accepted at: Jan. 26, 2006

Citation

S. CHIRIAC, M. AFLORI, D. G. DIMITRIU, Investigation of the bistable behaviour of multiple anodic structures in dc discharge plasma, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 8, Iss. 1, pp. 135-138 (2006)