Electron density and temperature contour plots from a laser-produced plasma using collective ultraviolet thomson scattering

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-46

  Cameron, S M ^a,d   Tracy, M D ^b   Camacho, J F ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; ELECTRONS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MONOCHROMATORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; Q SWITCHING; RADIATION;

COLLECTIVE ULTRAVIOLET THOMSON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FOURTH HARMONIC DISTORTION; IMAGE INTENSIFIED DETECTOR ARRAY; ION ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE CONTOUR PLOTS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0030082473     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.491683     Document Type: Article

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