“…Spectroscopically, ne can be measured using different experimental techniques that 39 include: measurement of the optical refractivity of the plasma [4, 5,6,7], calculation of the principal 40 quantum number at the series limit [4, 5,6,7], measurement of the absolute emission coefficient 41 (spectral intensity in Watt/ m 3 sr) of a spectral line [8], and measurement of the absolute emissivity of 42 the continuum emission (Watt/ m 3 sr) [8]. However, measurement of Stark broadening of emitted 43 lines for ne determination has been the widely utilized [4,5,6,7,8]. Gaussian spectral line shapes -Voigt function -allows one to extract the Stark full width at half 51 maximum (FWHM).…”