The effect of buffer gas and excitation mode in low pressure nitrogen discharges

Journal of Light and Visual Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-12

  Kitsinelis, Spiros ^a   Motomura, Hideki ^a   Jinno, Masafumi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discharge lamp; Energy transfer; Nitrogen; Rare gas

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BUFFER GAS; LOW PRESSURE NITROGEN DISCHARGE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 33745103063     PISSN: 03878805     EISSN: 13498398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2150/jlve.30.9     Document Type: Article

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