Experimental evidence of resonant energy collisional transfers between argon 1s and 2p states and ground state H atoms by laser collisional induced fluorescence

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Carbone, Emile ^a,b   Van Dijk, Jan ^a   Kroesen, Gerrit ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

argon hydrogen plasmas; laser collisional induced fluorescence; optical emission spectroscopy; quenching; resonant energy transfer

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ARGON LASERS; ATOM LASERS; ATOMS; DYE LASERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; HYDROGEN; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER); QUENCHING;

ARGON-HYDROGEN PLASMAS; COLLISIONAL; COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HEAVY-PARTICLE COLLISIONS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; SPONTANEOUS FLUORESCENCE;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 84927661741     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/2/025036     Document Type: Article

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