Laboratory equipment

Plasma sources

• wall-stabilized Maecker-type cascade arc, 10 cm length, 4 mm diameter, for side-on and end-on measurements
• wall-stabilized Maecker-type cascade arc, 10 cm length, 5 mm diameter, for end-on measurements
• barrier discharge on ferroelectric ceramics
• hollow cathodes.

Spectrometers:

• two-meter PGS-2 Ebert type, with gratings 300, 650 i 1300 lines/mm
• local-built interferometers (Jamin, Fabry-Perot)

Detectors:

• two array detectors, 1024/256 pixels, wavelength 200-900 nm
• line array IR detector, 512 pixels, wavelength 800-1700 nm
• photomultipliers.

Spectral sources

Calibration lamps

• tungsten strip lamp, 16 A (calibrated in the 400-2400 nm region)
• deuterium lamps

Sources for wavelength calibration

• 1 Amp, elements: He, Hg-Cd, Hg, K, Ne, Tl, Rb, Na, Cs
• neon lamps, elements: He, Ar, Kr, Xe, Ne, N₂, O₂, water vapor, Br