Modeling of thermal and chemical non-equilibrium in a laser-induced aluminum plasma by means of a Collisional-Radiative model

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 830-841

  Morel, V ^a   Bultel, A ^a   Cheron B G ^a  

^a Unité Mixte de Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Collisional Radiative model; Laser induced plasma; LIBS; Non equilibrium plasma

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLASMAS; BOLTZMANN EQUILIBRIUM; CHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM; COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; CRITICAL POINTS; ELASTIC COLLISION; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON IMPACT; ELEMENTARY PROCESS; FLUENCES; FREE ELECTRON; GASPHASE; IN-VACUUM; INVERSE BREMSSTRAHLUNGS; IONIZATION DEGREE; LASER FLUX; LASER INDUCED; LASER-INDUCED PLASMA; LIBS; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PLASMA FORMATIONS; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASER; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRANSLATION TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; EXCITED STATES; IMPACT IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LASER THEORY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THERMAL PLUMES;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 77957123335     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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