TY - JOUR
T1 - Foundations of plasma photonics
T2 - lamps, lasers, and electromagnetic devices
AU - Nijdam, Sander
AU - Desai, Kavita V.
AU - Park, Sung Jin
AU - Sun, Peter P.
AU - Sakai, Osamu
AU - Lister, Graeme
AU - Eden, J. Gary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© EURATOM 2022.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The enduring contributions of low temperature plasmas to both technology and science are largely a result of the atomic, molecular, and electromagnetic (EM) products they generate efficiently such as electrons, ions, excited species, and photons. Among these, the production of light has arguably had the greatest commercial impact for more than a century, and plasma sources emitting photons over the portion of the EM spectrum extending from the microwave to soft x-ray regions are currently the workhorses of general lighting (outdoor and indoor), photolithography for micro- and nano-fabrication of electronic devices, disinfection, frequency standards (atomic clocks), lasers, and a host of other photonic applications. In several regions of the EM spectrum, plasma sources have no peer, and this article is devoted to an overview of the physics of several selected plasma light sources, with emphasis on thermal arc and fluorescent lamps and the more recently-developed microcavity plasma lamps in the visible and ultraviolet/vacuum ultraviolet regions. We also briefly review the physics of plasma-based metamaterials and plasma photonic crystals in which low temperature plasma tunes the EM properties of filters, resonators, mirrors, and other components in the microwave, mm, and sub-mm wavelength regions.
AB - The enduring contributions of low temperature plasmas to both technology and science are largely a result of the atomic, molecular, and electromagnetic (EM) products they generate efficiently such as electrons, ions, excited species, and photons. Among these, the production of light has arguably had the greatest commercial impact for more than a century, and plasma sources emitting photons over the portion of the EM spectrum extending from the microwave to soft x-ray regions are currently the workhorses of general lighting (outdoor and indoor), photolithography for micro- and nano-fabrication of electronic devices, disinfection, frequency standards (atomic clocks), lasers, and a host of other photonic applications. In several regions of the EM spectrum, plasma sources have no peer, and this article is devoted to an overview of the physics of several selected plasma light sources, with emphasis on thermal arc and fluorescent lamps and the more recently-developed microcavity plasma lamps in the visible and ultraviolet/vacuum ultraviolet regions. We also briefly review the physics of plasma-based metamaterials and plasma photonic crystals in which low temperature plasma tunes the EM properties of filters, resonators, mirrors, and other components in the microwave, mm, and sub-mm wavelength regions.
KW - laser
KW - light source
KW - metamaterials
KW - photonic crystal
KW - plasma
KW - radiation
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U2 - 10.1088/1361-6595/ac8448
DO - 10.1088/1361-6595/ac8448
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85146427239
SN - 0963-0252
VL - 31
JO - Plasma Sources Science and Technology
JF - Plasma Sources Science and Technology
IS - 12
M1 - 123001
ER -