Research Article
Diode-Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of an Optically Thick Plasma in Combination with Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
Table 1
Full width at half maximum (FWHM) and temperature of distorted profiles.
| ā | FWHM, GHz | Temperature, K | Ratio of estimated temperature to true temperature |
| Profile distorted by reabsorption | 2.04 | 2150 | 1.08 | Profile distorted by absorption | 1.98 | 2030 | 1.02 | Profile distorted by saturation | 2.11 | 2310 | 1.16 |
| Observed profile | 2.20 | 2510 | 1.26 | True profile | 1.96 | 1990 | 1 |
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