Spectroscopy of Low Temperature Plasma

- Plasma as an Object of Spectroscopy- Basic Concepts and Parameters Associated with the Emission, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Plasma- Emission, Absorption and Scattering Techniques for Determining the Densities of Particles in Discrete Energy States- Intensities in Spectra and Plasma Energy Distribution in the Internal and Translational Degrees of Freedom of Atoms and Molecules- Measuring Concentrations of Atoms and Molecules- Spectral Methods of Determining Electronic and Magnetic Fields in Plasma- Determination of the Parameters of the Electronic Component of Plasma- Some Information on Spectroscopy TechniquesAppendix AStatistical Weights and Statistical SumsAppendix BConversion of Quantities Used to Describe OpticalTransition Probabilities in Line SpectraAppendix CTwo-Photon Absorption Cross Sections for Some Atoms and Molecules in the Ground StateAppendix DInformation on Some Diatomic Molecules for the Identification and Processing of Low-Temperature Plasma SpectraAppendix ERotational Line Intensity Factors in the Electronic-Vibrational Transition Spectra of Diatomic MoleculesAppendix GGeneral Information for Plasma Spectroscopy ProblemsAppendix HOptical Constants of Materials(online available: www.wiley-vch.de)

Professor V. N. Ochkin, after receiving his PhD from P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute, is now serving as deputy director of this institution as well as head of the Laser Technology Section of th Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences.

The main fields of his scientific interests are physical and chemical kinetics of gas discharge active medias, frequency tunable gas lasers, dispersive resonators and Waveguide lasers as well as various kinds of plasma.

He has authoed more than 300 publications and several books.