The spatio-temporal distribution of He (23S1) metastable atoms in a MHz-driven helium plasma jet is influenced by the oxygen/nitrogen ratio of the surrounding atmosphere

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Winter, J ^a,b   Sousa, J Santos ^c   Sadeghi, N ^d   Schmidt Bleker, A ^a,b   Reuter, S ^a,b   Puech, V ^c  

^a Centre for Innovation Competence Plasmatis   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d LIPHY   (France)

Author keywords

helium plasma jet; laser absorption spectroscopy; metastable helium; shielding gas

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOM LASERS; EFFLUENTS; GASES; HELIUM; LASER BEAM WELDING; MOLECULES; OXYGEN; PLASMA JETS; SHIELDING;

DETECTION LIMITS; HELIUM PLASMAS; LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; METASTABLE HELIUM; METASTABLE LIFETIME; SHIELDING GAS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84924292924     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/2/025015     Document Type: Article

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