Measurement of electron density utilizing the Hα-line from laser produced plasma in air

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 532-539

  El Sherbini, A M ^a   Hegazy, H ^b   El Sherbini, Th M ^a  

^a Faculty of Electrical Engineering   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electron density; Hydrogen; LIBS; Stark broadening

Indexed keywords

AIR; HYDROGEN; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

LIBS; STARK BROADENING;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 33745476348     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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