Spatial characterization of laser-induced sparks in air

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-139

  Beduneau, Jean Luc ^a   Ikeda, Yuji ^b  

^a Unité Mixte de Recherche   (France)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breakdown threshold; Laser induced spark; Plasma emission spectrum; Plasma geometry

Indexed keywords

AIR; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROMETERS;

LASER ENERGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ELECTRIC SPARKS;

PLASMA;

EID: 0442281825     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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