Abstract

During the last 20 years, the microwave-induced plasma (MIP) has become increasingly popular as a method of producing elemental emission. Using helium or argon primarily as support gases, these discharges are characterized by high spectral temperatures, resulting in the sensitive spectroscopic determination of a large number of elements including nonmetals, such as halogens. The primary focus of work in this area has dealt with the utilization of the MIP as an element-selective detector in gas chromatography. Various applications of the MIP appear in several current review articles.

Characteristics of microwave plasma induced by lasers and sparks

Yuji Ikeda and Ryoji Tsuruoka
Appl. Opt. 51(7) B183-B191 (2012)

Ignition characteristics of methane/air premixed mixture by microwave-enhanced laser-induced breakdown plasma

Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, Yuji Ikeda, Jun Hayashi, and Fumiteru Akamatsu
Opt. Express 21(S6) A1094-A1101 (2013)

Microwave-enhanced laser-induced air plasma at atmospheric pressure

Yuji Ikeda and Joey Kim Soriano
Opt. Express 30(19) 33756-33766 (2022)

Microwave Discharge Tube with Liquid Helium Cooling

J. M. Vaughan
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(3) 318-319 (1964)

Atmospheric air plasma sustainment by semiconductor microwave for hydroxyl radical production and powder metal element analysis

Yuji Ikeda
Opt. Express 30(17) 29868-29884 (2022)