Design and characterization of a pulsed plasma source

The aim of the present work is to describe how we have built a pulsed discharge lamp suitable for atomic spectroscopy and, hence, for atomic parameters measurements, such as transition probabilities or Stark widths and shifts. The main features of this source are its high symmetry, homogeneity and stability with a cylindrical geometry. All this makes it very adequate to plasma diagnostics. We show two maps with the spat:al and temporal distribution cf the electron density and temperature in a pure Helium pulsed plasma. After this, the main conclusion is the absence of strong gradients in both plasma parameters.