Modeling pulsed excitation for gas-phase laser diagnostics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 954-964

  Settersten, Thomas B ^a   Linne, Mark A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; QUENCHING;

DENSITY MATRIX EQUATIONS;

LASER DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 0000588023     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000954     Document Type: Article

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