Experimental and theoretical investigation of a self-absorbed spectral line emitted from laser-induced plasmas

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3607-3612

  Ahmed, Jalloul Ben ^a   Cowpe, John ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EMISSION LINES; FREQUENCY-DOUBLED ND:YAG LASER; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTRA; SPECTRAL PROFILE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 77955933886     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003607     Document Type: Article

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