High repetition rate laser induced fluorescence applied to Surfatron Induced Plasmas

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Van Der Mullen, J J A M ^a   Palomares, J M ^a   Carbone, E A D ^a   Graef, W ^a   Hubner S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Plasma diagnostics charged particle spectroscopy; Plasma diagnostics interferometry, spectroscopy and imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861897519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/05/C05016     Document Type: Article

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