Laser induced fluorescence diagnostic for velocity distribution functions: applications, physics, methods and developments
Chi-Shung Yip, Di Jiang
Abstract
Abstract With more than 30 years of development, laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) is becoming an increasingly common diagnostic to measure ion and neutral velocity distribution functions in different fields of studies in plasma science including Hall thrusters, linear devices, plasma processing, and basic plasma physical processes. In this paper, technical methods used in the LIF diagnostic, including modulation, collection optics, and wavelength calibration techniques are reviewed in detail. A few basic physical processes along with applications and future development associated with the LIF diagnostics are also reviewed.
Topics & Concepts
Laser-induced fluorescencePlasma diagnosticsPlasmaLaserPhysicsOpticsFluorescenceMeasure (data warehouse)CalibrationWavelengthComputational physicsComputer scienceNuclear physicsDatabaseQuantum mechanicsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaDust and Plasma Wave Phenomena