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[Determination of mean electron energy in O2 non-equilibrium plasma by relative spectrum line intensity]
1College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China.
Abstract:
The process of O2 non-equilibrium plasma is simulated by Monte Carlo method. The electron drift velocity as a function of E/N is given, which is in good agreement with experimental result. The variations of mean electron energy and the number density of electronic excitation states of O2 with the reduced field E/N are simulated. A method to determine the mean electron energy by relative spectrum line intensity is proposed, which is of great importance to the applications of non-equilibrium plasma in many fields such as material preparation, laser application, micro-electronics technology and so on.
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