Tracking Temporal Development of Optical Thickness of Hydrogen Alpha Spectral Radiation in a Laser-Induced Plasma
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory
3. Experimental Details
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Temporal Self-Absorption Behavior
4.2. Self-Absorption Impact on Line Shapes
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Time [ns] | Uncorrected [nm] | Kcorr [nm] | No Loss [nm] | 10% Loss [nm] | 20% [nm] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | 8.42 ± 0.34 | 7.33 ± 0.43 | 6.80 ± 0.34 | 6.77 ± 0.34 | 6.74 ± 0.34 |
50 | 9.80 ± 0.28 | 9.01 ± 0.28 | 8.89 ± 0.25 | 8.88 ± 0.25 | 8.86 ± 0.25 |
60 | 9.24 ± 0.23 | 8.32 ± 0.23 | 8.20 ± 0.23 | 8.19 ± 0.23 | 8.17 ± 0.23 |
70 | 8.98 ± 0.26 | 8.12 ± 0.21 | 8.03 ± 0.21 | 8.01 ± 0.22 | 7.99 ± 0.21 |
80 | 8.57 ± 0.24 | 7.63 ± 0.19 | 7.64 ± 0.20 | 7.61 ± 0.20 | 7.60 ± 0.20 |
90 | 8.11 ± 0.21 | 7.34 ± 0.19 | 7.31 ± 0.19 | 7.30 ± 0.19 | 7.29 ± 0.19 |
100 | 7.80 ± 0.20 | 6.93 ± 0.18 | 6.93 ± 0.18 | 6.92 ± 0.18 | 6.90 ± 0.18 |
150 | 6.30 ± 0.17 | 5.46 ± 0.16 | 5.51 ± 0.16 | 5.49 ± 0.16 | 5.47 ± 0.16 |
400 | 3.72 ± 0.15 | 3.17 ± 0.15 | 3.28 ± 0.15 | 3.28 ± 0.15 | 3.27 ± 0.15 |
650 | 2.53 ± 0.15 | 2.19 ± 0.15 | 2.27 ± 0.15 | 2.26 ± 0.15 | 2.25 ± 0.15 |
900 | 1.88 ± 0.15 | 1.58 ± 0.15 | 1.66 ± 0.15 | 1.66 ± 0.15 | 1.65 ± 0.15 |
1150 | 1.51 ± 0.15 | 1.36 ± 0.15 | 1.40 ± 0.15 | 1.40 ± 0.15 | 1.40 ± 0.15 |
1650 | 1.10 ± 0.15 | 1.02 ± 0.15 | 1.04 ± 0.15 | 1.04 ± 0.15 | 1.04 ± 0.15 |
2150 | 0.90 ± 0.15 | 0.57 ± 0.15 | 0.87 ± 0.15 | 0.87 ± 0.15 | 0.87 ± 0.15 |
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Surmick, D.M.; Parigger, C.G. Tracking Temporal Development of Optical Thickness of Hydrogen Alpha Spectral Radiation in a Laser-Induced Plasma. Atoms 2019, 7, 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms7040101
Surmick DM, Parigger CG. Tracking Temporal Development of Optical Thickness of Hydrogen Alpha Spectral Radiation in a Laser-Induced Plasma. Atoms. 2019; 7(4):101. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms7040101
Chicago/Turabian StyleSurmick, David M., and Christian G. Parigger. 2019. "Tracking Temporal Development of Optical Thickness of Hydrogen Alpha Spectral Radiation in a Laser-Induced Plasma" Atoms 7, no. 4: 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms7040101