In this work, the propagation of the surface ionization wave (SIW) in the nanosecond pulsed surface dielectric barrier discharge with different dielectric materials and pulse repetition rates is investigated. The current waveforms at different locations along the route of the SIW propagation are obtained, based on a specially designed ground strip array geometry. The temporal evolution and spatial distribution of the electric field during the SIW propagation are measured by using the electric field induced second harmonic generation method. The distribution of the residual surface potential after the discharge is mapped with a Kelvin electrostatic probe, which verifies both the existence of the residual electric field and its opposite direction to that during the SIW propagation. It is found that with the dielectric material on which the surface charges decay faster, there are the well-pronounced primary and secondary SIWs with a higher velocity on the voltage rising edge and both the peak current and the peak electric field are also higher, with a less spatial attenuation along the SIW propagation route. It is demonstrated that the residual surface charges with the same polarity as the high-voltage pulse suppress the development of the SIW.

This paper reports the results of a preliminary investigation on the interaction of a streamer discharge in air with bubbles filled with air and floating on a liquid surface. The bubbles are formed of tap water and transformer oil. It was shown that the strike of the streamer in a bubble is followed by the full bubble destroying. However, scenarios of the streamer discharge interaction with a conductive water bubble and dielectric oil bubble are different in their concrete details. A positive streamer smoothly and slowly slides on an external surface of a water bubble, but the streamer striking in an oil bubble quickly perforates it and penetrates into the bubble. The mechanisms for water and oil bubble destroying are discussed. The applicability of the results obtained to plasma-liquid systems based on the use of foam is discussed as well.