Time resolved laser induced fluorescence on argon intermediate pressure microwave discharges: Measuring the depopulation rates of the 4p and 5p excited levels as induced by electron and atom collisions

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-166

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

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Argon surfatron plasma; Atom collision rate; Electron collision rate; High rep rate; Time resolved laser induced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASERS; ATOMS; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; DYE LASERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; GAS LASERS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PUMPING (LASER); QUENCHING; REACTION KINETICS;

COLLISION RATE; ELECTRON COLLISION RATE; ELECTRON EXCITATIONS; INTERMEDIATE PRESSURES; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

ATOM LASERS;

EID: 84893814806     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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