Surface diffuse discharge mechanism of well-aligned atmospheric pressure microplasma arrays

Zhou Ren-Wu¹, Zhou Ru-Sen², Zhuang Jin-Xing³, Li Jiang-Wei¹, Chen Mao-Dong¹, Zhang Xian-Hui^{1, †,}, Liu Dong-Ping^{1, 4}, (Ken) Ostrikov Kostya^{5, 6}, Yang Si-Ze¹

High-speed ICCD images of the well-aligned microplasma propagation process over one complete cycle at an air rate of 4 SLM and f = 5 kHz. The ICCD images are obtained with a gate width of 20 ns at V_P = (a) 10 kV, (b) 12 kV, (c) 14 kV, and (d) 15 kV.