A robust method to measure metastable and resonant state densities from emission spectra in argon and argon-diluted low pressure plasmas

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Schulze, M ^a   Yanguas Gil, A ^a,b   Von Keudell, A ^a   Awakowicz, P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RESONANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPHS; PHOTON REABSORPTION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 40549113709     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/6/065206     Document Type: Article

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