The transverse profile of the monochromatic radiance of an optically thick resonance line from a cylindrical discharge is inverted exactly to give the radial distribution of radiating atoms. In contrast to the Abel transform, this result is valid for all optical depths.
BT - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Transfer C1 -Lighting Systems Group
C2 - LBL-21475 CN - LBL-21475 LA - eng M1 - 5 N2 -The transverse profile of the monochromatic radiance of an optically thick resonance line from a cylindrical discharge is inverted exactly to give the radial distribution of radiating atoms. In contrast to the Abel transform, this result is valid for all optical depths.
PY - 1986 SP - 471 EP - 475 T2 - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Transfer TI - Determination of the Excited State Density of an Optically Thick Line VL - 37 ER -