Vacuum UV radiation of a plasma jet operated with rare gases at atmospheric pressure

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6 PART 1, 2009, Pages 859-865

  Lange, Hartmut ^a   Foest, Rüdiger ^a   Schäfer, Jan ^a   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ); Microdischarges; Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JET (APPJ); AXIAL DISTANCE; EMISSION LINES; EXCIMER; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICRODISCHARGES; NORMAL PRESSURE; RARE GAS; RESONANCE LINE; RESONANT EMISSIONS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) RADIATION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; VACUUM UV; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BINARY MIXTURES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GAS ABSORPTION; INERT GASES; KRYPTON; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SOURCES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

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EID: 67650287426     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2019982     Document Type: Article

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