NEW CALIBRATION METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE ABSOLUTE DENSITY OF CH RADICALS THROUGH LASER-INDUCED FLUOROESCENCE

被引:16
作者
ENGELHARD, M
JACOB, W
MOLLER, W
KOCH, AW
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST PLASMA PHYS,EURATOM ASSOC,D-85740 GARCHING,GERMANY
[2] UNIV SAARLAND,LEHRSTUHL MESSTECH,D-66041 SAARBRUCKEN,GERMANY
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 21期
关键词
LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRY; ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ABSOLUTE CH-RADICAL DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;
D O I
10.1364/AO.34.004542
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) was applied at the B-X transition of the CH radical to measure the absolute densities of CH radicals in an electron-cyclotron resonance methane plasma. The absolute experimental uncertainty is only approximately 30% as a result of a new calibration procedure. The experimental setup was calibrated through the comparison of the LIF signal of N-2(+) with that of CH. The absolute N-2(+) density was derived from the spatially resolved N-2(+) LIF signal and the line-averaged electron density as measured with microwave interferometry.
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页码:4542 / 4551
页数:10
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