U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Microhollow Cathode Discharge Excimer Lamps

该奖项支持卡尔·舍恩巴赫博士和一名博士后学生与 年弗里德里希亚历山大大学物理系的克劳斯·弗兰克说， 埃尔兰根。 该合作将研究两个主题：多个物理学，并行 稳态阶段的放电和放电点火过程。 这些研究 可应用于直流（DC）、低压、平板灯中准分子光源的开发。 直流放电的实验和建模研究将在 结合在埃尔兰根进行的点火阶段研究， 平板受激准分子灯，其提供具有宽的 应用范围。 总的来说，这一综合努力将使人们更好地了解 空心阴极放电阵列的物理学，提供有关电 击穿单空心阴极放电和放电阵列，并确定 电极材料和掺杂对微孔性能的影响 阴极放电。

This award supports Dr. Karl Schoenbach and a postdoctoral student to collaborate with Klaus Frank of the Physics Department at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen. The collaboration will study two topics: the physics of multiple, parallel discharges in the steady-state phase, and the discharge ignition process. These studies have application to the development of excimer light sources in direct-current (DC), low- voltage, flat-panel lamps. Experimental and modeling studies on DC discharges will be combined with ignition-phase studies at Erlangen to accelerate research in the area of flat-panel excimer lamps, which provide quasi-monochromatic light sources with a wide range of applications. Overall, the combined effort will provide a better understanding of the physics of hollow-cathode discharge arrays, provide information on the electric breakdown in single hollow-cathode discharges and discharge arrays, and determine the effect of electrode materials and dielectrics on the performance of the microhollow cathode discharges.