Modeling an inhomogeneous optically thick laser induced plasma: A simplified theoretical approach

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1769-1785

  Gornushkin, I B ^a   Stevenson, C L ^a   Smith, B W ^a   Omenetto, N ^b   Winefordner, J D ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous plasma; Laser induced plasma; Optically thick plasma; Plasma model

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OPTICALLY THICK PLASMAS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0035975514     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(01)00254-3     Document Type: Article

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