Luminescence flash and temperature determination of the bubble generated by underwater pulsed discharge

Abstract

An intense luminescence flash can be induced during the collapse phase of bubbles generated by pulsed discharge in water. To gain insight into this special phenomenon, we experimentally investigated the optical characteristics and luminescence temperature inside collapsing bubbles. The duration of the luminescence flash generated by pulsed discharge was around tens of microseconds, which was confirmed by high-speed recording and the photodiode output, and the inception time of the luminescence flash was approximately 32.5 μs before the bubble collapsed to its minimum size. The temperatures of the luminescence flash at discharge energies of 25 and 30 J/pulse calculated according to the two-line radiance ratio method were 6673 and 6728 K, respectively.