Characterization of laser produced tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethylene plasma in a high-pressure background gas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2 III, 2004, Pages 813-822

  Akhtar, Kamran ^a   Scharer, John E ^a   Tysk, Shane Matthew ^b   Denning, C Mark ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE PLASMAS; LASER IONIZATION; PLASMA EMISSION;

EXCIMER LASERS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 4344594957     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.826115     Document Type: Article

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