Review on VUV to MIR absorption spectroscopy of atmospheric pressure plasma jets

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Reuter, Stephan ^a,b   Sousa, Joao Santos ^c   Stancu, Gabi Daniel ^c,d   Hubertus Van Helden, Jean Pierre ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

absorption spectroscopy; atmospheric pressure plasma jets; broadband absorption spectroscopy; FTIR; NIR to MIR spectroscopy; quantum cascade laser LAS; self absorption, tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS); UV VIS; VUV absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSIS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GROUND STATE; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA JETS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; BROAD BAND ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR; MIR SPECTROSCOPY; NIR TO MIR SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER LAS; SELF ABSORPTION; SELF-ABSORPTION, TUNEABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; TUNEABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; UV VIS; VUV ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84945572407     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/5/054001     Document Type: Review

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