Thomson scattering on non-equilibrium low density plasmas: Principles, practice and challenges

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Carbone, Emile ^a   Nijdam, Sander ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electron density and temperature; Laser diagnostics; Low density plasmas; Non equilibrium; Rayleigh scattering; Rotational raman scattering; Thomson scattering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PLASMA JETS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; STRAY LIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LASER THOMSON SCATTERING; LOW-DENSITY PLASMAS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; ROTATIONAL RAMAN SCATTERING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; THOMSON SCATTERING;

INCOHERENT SCATTERING;

EID: 84913529566     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/57/1/014026     Document Type: Review

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