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Optical diagnostics of positive column dc discharge by Rydberg state spectroscopy

Appl. Phys. Lett. 46, 540 (1985); doi:10.1063/1.95585

Issue Date: 15 March 1985

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B. N. Ganguly and Alan Garscadden
Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
High resolution measurements of the Stark broadening of very high Rydberg 1P states in helium provide a resolution in electric field of approximately 1 V cm−1. The tunable laser-induced optogalvanic signal experiments were performed in a low pressure, low current discharge. The high sensitivity permits, for the first time, the net electric field to be obtained by a spectroscopic technique. The relative metastable density profile and indirectly, the electron density profile are also obtained from the magnitudes of the optogalvanic signals. Applied Physics Letters is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 8 November 1984; accepted 21 December 1984
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 32.60.+i
    Atomic spectra and interactions with photons Zeeman and Stark effects
  • 32.70.Jz
    Atomic spectra and interactions with photons Intensities and shapes of atomic spectral lines Line shapes, widths, and shifts
  • 52.70.Kz
    The physics of plasmas and electric discharges Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation Optical (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) measurements
  • 52.80.Hc
    The physics of plasmas and electric discharges Electric discharges Glow; corona
  • YEAR: 1985

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