Electron densities and energies of a guided argon streamer in argon and air environments

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hubner S ^a   Hofmann, S ^a   Van Veldhuizen, E M ^a   Bruggeman, P J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON PARAMETERS; EMISSION PROFILE; GRATING SPECTROMETERS; HIGH REPETITION RATE LASERS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STREAMER CHANNEL; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS;

ARGON LASERS;

EID: 84892668233     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/22/6/065011     Document Type: Article

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