Fast Imaging of Laser-induced Plasma Emission from a ZnO Target

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 968-973

  Abdelli Messaci, S ^a   Kerdja, T ^a   Lafane, S ^a   Malek, S ^a  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES TECHNOLOGIES AVANCÉES   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Fast imaging; Laser ablation; Laser induced plasma spectroscopy; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EMISSION LINES; FAST IMAGING; FREE EXPANSIONS; GAS PRESSURES; ICCD CAMERAS; IN-VACUUM; INTEGRATED EMISSIONS; KRF EXCIMER LASER; LASER FLUENCES; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; LASER-INDUCED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE; PLASMA EDGES; PLASMA EMISSION SPECTRUM; PLASMA PLUMES; PLASMA SPECIES; PRESSURE RANGES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TARGET SURFACE; ZNO;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; KRYPTON; LASER ABLATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER SURGERY; OXYGEN; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TARGETS; THERMAL PLUMES; TIME DELAY; VACUUM; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 72149126424     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.07.039     Document Type: Article

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