Spatial and temporal evolution of laser-generated microplasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2594-2599

  Tavassoli, Seyed Hassan ^a   Cravetchi, Igor V ^b   Fedosejevs, Robert ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Imaging; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Plasma expansion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; PHOTOGRAPHY;

GATED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; MICROPLASMAS; PLASMA EXPANSION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 33947434026     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.885100     Document Type: Article

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