Study of early laser-induced plasma dynamics: Transient electron density gradients via Thomson scattering and Stark Broadening, and the implications on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1038-1046

  Diwakar, P K ^a   Hahn, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LTE; Plasma dynamics; Thermodynamic equilibrium; Thomson scattering

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCATTERING; STARK EFFECT; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANALYTE; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; DATA SUPPORTS; DIRECT PLASMAS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; FREE ELECTRONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES; GROWTH PROCESSES; LASER-INDUCED PLASMAS; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUMS; LTE; NANO-SECONDS; NITROGEN IONS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PLASMA DYNAMICS; PLASMA EQUILIBRIUMS; PLASMA EVOLUTIONS; PLASMA INITIATIONS; PLASMA LIFETIMES; PROBE BEAMS; PROBE LASER PULSES; PROBE LASERS; STARK BROADENING; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; THOMSON SCATTERING; THOMSON SCATTERINGS; TRANSIENT BEHAVIORS; TRANSIENT PLASMAS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 55249083710     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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