Investigation on the role of air in the dynamical evolution and thermodynamic state of a laser-induced aluminium plasma by spatial- and time-resolved spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 787-796

  Cristoforetti, G ^a   Lorenzetti, G ^b   Legnaioli, S ^b   Palleschi, V ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abel inversion; Ambient air effects; Laser induced plasma; Local thermodynamic equilibrium; Spatial resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABEL INVERSION; AMBIENT AIR EFFECTS; LASER-INDUCED PLASMA; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; SPATIAL-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BIOLOGY; IONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 77957123614     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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