Similarity theory and scaling laws for low-temperature plasma discharges: A comprehensive review

Y Fu, H Wang, X Wang - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
Similarity theory and scaling laws determine how physical laws remain the same when
control parameters are changed, which is essential for the correlation, prediction, and …

[HTML][HTML] Space–charge limited current in nanodiodes: Ballistic, collisional, and dynamical effects

P Zhang, YS Ang, AL Garner, Á Valfells… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
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Recent advances in multipactor physics and mitigation

A Iqbal, DQ Wen, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - High Voltage, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress made in the prediction, characterisation, and mitigation of multipactor
discharge is reviewed for single‐and two‐surface geometries. First, an overview of basic …

Higher harmonics in multipactor induced plasma ionization breakdown near a dielectric surface

DQ Wen, P Zhang, J Krek, Y Fu, JP Verboncoeur - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
In this Letter, the novel physics of higher harmonic (HH) generation of the normal electric
field near a dielectric surface is reported in multipactor induced plasma ionization …

On the importance of excited state species in low pressure capacitively coupled plasma argon discharges

DQ Wen, J Krek, JT Gudmundsson… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In the past three decades, first principles-based fully kinetic particle-in-cell Monte Carlo
collision (PIC/MCC) simulations have been proven to be an important tool for the …

Benchmarked and upgraded particle-in-cell simulations of a capacitive argon discharge at intermediate pressure: The role of metastable atoms

DQ Wen, J Krek, JT Gudmundsson… - Plasma Sources …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The capacitive argon discharge operated in the intermediate pressure regime is studied by
performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision simulations. First, the …

Particle-in-cell simulations with fluid metastable atoms in capacitive argon discharges: Electron elastic scattering and plasma density profile transition

DQ Wen, J Krek, JT Gudmundsson… - … on Plasma Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision (PIC/MCC) simulations are an important tool for
understanding low-temperature plasma dynamics, and benchmark work is needed to build a …

Time-dependent physics of single-surface multipactor discharge with two carrier frequencies

A Iqbal, PY Wong, DQ Wen, S Lin, J Verboncoeur… - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
This work investigates the time-dependent physics of multipactor discharge on a single
dielectric surface with a transverse rf electric field of two carrier frequencies using a …

Susceptibility of multipactor discharges near a dielectric driven by a Gaussian-type transverse rf electric field

DQ Wen, A Iqbal, P Zhang, JP Verboncoeur - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Multipactor discharge near an rf window is a key limiting factor in high power microwave
systems. In this work, we report special features of dielectric multipactor susceptibility under …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of multilayer-structured discharge in plasma ionization breakdown

DQ Wen, P Zhang, J Krek, Y Fu… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this Letter, a multilayer-structured discharge (MSD) is reported in multipactor-coexisting
plasma ionization breakdown by fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. The observed …