Measurement of metastable and resonance level densities in rare-gas plasmas by optical emission spectroscopy

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Boffard, John B ^a   Jung, R O ^a   Lin, Chun C ^a   Wendt, A E ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING FRACTIONS; ENERGY LEVEL; EXCITATION AND IONIZATION OF ATOM; EXCITED LEVELS; GAS PLASMA; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEON PLASMA; NUMBER DENSITY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTICAL METHODS; PLASMA GLOW; RADIATION TRAPPING; RARE GAS; RESOLUTION SPECTRA; RESONANCE LEVELS; WHITE LIGHT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARGON; ATOMS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ABSORPTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IONIZATION OF GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEON; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

INERT GASES;

EID: 68649114144     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/18/3/035017     Document Type: Article

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