Optical and electrical diagnostics of a non-equilibrium air plasma

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2662-2666

  Lu, XinPei ^a   Leipold, Frank ^a   Laroussi, Mounir ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAND STRUCTURE; CAMERAS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLASMAS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR PLASMA; BAND TRANSITION; EMISSION INTENSITY; GAUSSIAN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 0242406095     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/21/011     Document Type: Article

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