Comparison of optical emission and laser-induced fluorescence in arcjet thruster plumes used for diamond deposition

Author(s):  
Elizabeth Brinkman ◽  
Jay Jeffries
1997 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Olesik ◽  
Jeffery A. Kinzer ◽  
Garrett J. McGowan

An instrument to obtain optical emission and laser-induced fluorescence images of atom or ion clouds, each produced from isolated, monodisperse droplets of sample in an inductively coupled plasma, is described. An excimer laser pumped dye laser is used to produce a large (28-mm × 24-mm) beam for saturated fluorescence from atoms or ions throughout a large portion of the ICP. An intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) detects optical emission or laser induced fluorescence snapshot images at the focal plane of an aberration-corrected slitless spectrograph. Images produced from a single laser pulse can be detected. Double-exposure emission images with 1-μs gate times can be acquired to monitor the movement of atom or ion clouds produced from a single droplet of sample solution. Variations in the number of atoms or ions produced as a function of time (or height) in the plasma can be monitored. Excitation in the plasma can be assessed from ratios of emission to fluorescence intensities.


1984 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Walkup ◽  
K. Saenger ◽  
G. S. Selwyn

AbstractWe report quantitative measurements of the concentration of atomic oxygen in RF plasmas determined by two-photon laser induced fluorescence. The results are compared with concurrent measurements of spatially resolved plasma induced optical emission. These measurements establish: (1) the O atom concentration as a function of plasma parameters, (2) a semi-quantitative relationship between O* emission intensity normalized by Ar* in-tensity and O atom concentration, and (3) an understanding of the mechanisms for pro-duction of excited atoms in the plasma.


1999 ◽  
Vol 116-119 ◽  
pp. 1233-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Chatei ◽  
Jamal Bougdira ◽  
Michel Remy ◽  
Patrick Alnot

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