G. Cartry et al., Atomic oxygen recombination on fused silica: experimental evidence of the surface state influence, J PHYS D, 32(15), 1999, pp. L53-L56
The time post discharge of a low-pressure pulsed de discharge in pure oxyge
n is used to investigate the atomic oxygen recombination on fused silica su
rface. With the intention of studying this recombination for different surf
ace states, we perform before each pulsed experiment a wall treatment by me
ans of de discharges under different experimental conditions. Then, we moni
tor the decrease of the atomic oxygen in time post discharge by time resolv
ed VUV resonant absorption spectroscopy. We have shown that it is possible
to obtain for a given wall treatment, a pulse after pulse variation of this
decrease. We have attributed this variation to a filling of the chemisorpt
ion sites. Finally, we have determined the surface reaction probability of
atomic oxygen on fused silica surface and we have compared it to published
values.