纳秒激光电离分子团簇产生高离化离子的激光波长效应

 利用脉冲分子束-激光电离-飞行时间质谱仪，在10⁹～10¹² W·cm^-2激光功率密度条件下，考察了Nd：YAG激光器输出的1 064，532，266 nm波长的激光与苯、氨、硫化氢等团簇的相互作用。发现1 064 nm的激光可以电离分子束产生高离化态的C⁴⁺，N⁵⁺，S⁶⁺等离子；波长为532 nm的激光则电离产生价态较低的C³⁺，C²⁺，N³⁺，N²⁺， S⁴⁺，S³⁺以及S²⁺ 等离子；在266 nm波长条件下进行实验，没有产生任何高价离子。提出了一个“多光子电离引发-逆轫致吸收加热-电子碰撞电离”模型来解释高价离子的产生。激光场下电子在团簇内部的逆轫致加热是整个过程的关键步骤，电子被加热的速度正比于激光波长的平方。这可以解释为何长波长的激光有利于更高价态离子的产生。     

大面积环状LaB6阴极

 介绍了一种用于管状电子束发射的大面积LaB₆阴极电子源，其阴极发射面积为115 mm²，LaB₆发射体用钼作基底，在LaB₆与钼之间用耐高温的碳化物粘合剂填充以防止LaB₆与钼发生反应。采用电子束轰击的方式加热LaB₆发射体，当阴极温度为1 873 K时，加热功率为173 W，直流发射电流密度达到40 A/cm²。与用石墨加热LaB₆发射体相比，该电子源加热功率降低了66%。阴极在室温下反复暴露于大气后其发射性能稳定。     

高电荷态离子40Arq+与Si表面作用中的电子发射产额

报道了在兰州重离子加速器国家实验室电子回旋共振离子源原子物理实验平台上，用高电荷态⁴⁰Ar^q+(1≤q≤12)离子作用于半导体Si固体表面时的电子发射产额实验测量.实验中，通过改变炮弹离子的电荷态和引出电压选取其不同的势能和动能，系统地研究了入射离子势能沉积和与其在固体中的电子能损对表面电子发射产额的贡献.结果表明，作为引起表面电子发射的两个主要因素，单离子的电子发射产额与炮弹离子在固体表面的势能沉积和电子能损都有近似的正比关系.     

激光功率密度对Al膜靶后表面快电子发射的影响

 报道了在20 TW皮秒激光器上完成的p偏振激光与等离子体相互作用过程中产生的快电子的角分布和能谱测量结果。实验得到：当激光功率密度小于10¹⁷ W/cm²时,电子发射没有明显定向性,在激光入射面内多峰发射;当激光功率密度大于10¹⁷ W/cm2,小于10¹⁸ W/cm²时,电子主要沿靶面法线方向发射;当激光功率密度达到相对论强度时,电子主要沿激光传播方向发射;激光功率密度未达到相对论强度时,靶后表面法线方向快电子能谱拟合平均温度符合共振吸收温度定标率;激光功率密度达相对论强度以上时,靶后表面法线方向快电子能谱拟合平均温度高于已有的温度定标率。     

用动量为70亿电子伏/c和80亿电子伏/c的π-介子产生Ξ-超子

本文研究了用动量为68亿电子伏/c和80亿电子伏/c的刀π^-介子产生Ξ^-超子,得到了π^-介子的动量为68和80亿电子伏/c的Ξ^-产生的截面(当68亿电子伏/c时σ=3.6_-2.1^+2.5μδ/N,当80亿电子伏/c时σ=10.6_-3.2^+4.4μδ/N),Ξ^-的质量(M_Ξ^-=1317.0±2.2兆电子伏)和Ξ的寿命τ₀=3.5_-1.2^+3.4×10^-10秒。     

类铷W37+离子双电子复合速率系数的理论研究

 利用全相对论组态相互作用理论方法,研究了类铷W³⁷⁺离子从基组态3s²3p⁶3d¹⁰4s²4p⁶4d经过双激发态(3s²3p⁶3d¹⁰4s²4p⁶4d)^-1nln′l′(n,n′=4,5)的双电子复合过程,得到了该离子在温度为1~5×10⁴ eV范围内的总双电子复合速率系数。分析比较了不同电子激发的双电子复合速率系数,结果表明:4p电子激发的双电子复合速率系数在低温时给出了主要贡献,而3d的贡献在高温时突出。由于强组态相互作用,两电子一光子跃迁对双电子复合速率系数的贡献不可忽略,其中辐射跃迁4p⁵4d5d5f-4p⁶4f5d的贡献是双激发态4p⁵4d5d5f总的双电子复合速率系数的5%。对双电子复合、辐射复合以及三体复合速率系数的比较表明,在所研究的温度范围内双电子复合速率系数最大。     

电子回旋共振离子源等离子体的密度测量

 诊断电子回旋共振离子源等离子体的传统方法是采用传统的单探针无发射时测量伏安曲线,并根据曲线的拐点由理论公式计算出的等离子体密度。本文设计并研制了等离子体密度的测量装置。采用单根朗缪尔探针（该探针可以用来发射电子）测量等离子体的伏安特性。在探针有发射和无发射两种状态下测量得到两条伏安曲线,根据这两条曲线的"分叉点"得到等离子体电位,然后根据该电位直接由计算机计算出电子温度、电子密度。采用该新方法,测量得到的等离子体参量空间电位约为17 V,悬浮电位约为-5 V,电子温度约为4.4 eV,离子密度为1.10×10¹¹cm^-3,与传统方法计算出的等离子体1.12×10¹¹cm^-3相比,两者相差仅1.8％,但新方法效率和精度更高。     

电子通量对ZnO/K2SiO3热控涂层光学性能的影响

 研究了电子通量对ZnO/K₂SiO₃热控涂层光学性能的影响。分别采用通量为5×10¹¹/cm²·s，8×10¹¹/cm²·s，1×10¹²/cm²·s 和5×10¹²/cm²·s的电子对试样进行辐照。电子辐照下涂层的光学性能发生了退化，并且发现了退化涂层在空气中的“漂白”现象。分析了ZnO/K₂SiO₃热控涂层光学性能的退化机制，同时讨论了电子通量对太阳光谱吸收系数的影响。实验结果发现，在5×10¹¹～1×10¹²/cm²·s的电子通量范围内，电子通量对ZnO/K₂SiO³热控涂层光学性能的影响相同。因此在这个电子通量范围内，采用加速地面试验来模拟空间的电子辐照效应是有效的。     

一台14.5GHz新型高磁场高电荷态ECR离子源

自行研制成功一台14.5GHz新型高磁场高电荷态电子回旋共振(ECR)离子源.描述了该离子源结构特点、参数优化及其磁场分布,并给出了调试测量结果.该离子源轴向磁镜场在轴线上的最高磁场可达1.5T,六极永磁体在弧腔内表面磁场可达1.0T.经初步调试,可得到0⁷+140eμA,Ar¹¹+185eμA,Xe²⁶⁺50eμA.所得结果与1998年国际上最好的ECR离子源进行了比较.     

电子束在VO2薄膜中引起的价态、相结构和光学性能的改变

 利用能量为1.7MeV, 注量分别为1.25×10¹³/cm², 1.25×10¹⁴/cm², 1.25×10¹⁵/cm²的电子束辐照VO₂薄膜,采用XPS, XRD等测试手段对电子辐照前后的样品进行分析,并研究了电子辐照对样品相变过程中光透射特性的影响。结果表明电子辐照引起VO₂薄膜中V离子出现价态变化现象,并使薄膜的X射线衍射峰发生变化。电子辐照在样品中产生的这些变化显著改变了VO₂薄膜的热致相变光学特性。     

Rapid current-penetration in turbulent heating of a high-density plasma

Radial distribution of electron temperature as well as that of plasma current has been measured in the skin phase in turbulent heating of a high-density plasma (n ? 2 × 10¹⁴m^?3). Anomalously rapid disappearance of the current skin is observed, while the skin profile of the electron temperature remains longer near the plasma core, indicating that the plasma current is redistributed without electron heat transfer across the magnetic field.     

Electrostatic simulations of the radio frequency heating of a non‐neutral plasma in an electron trap

The electrostatic simulations of the radio frequency (RF) heating mechanism, excitations, and ionization process of an electron plasma are carried out using a two‐dimensional (2D) particle‐in‐cell (PIC) code. RF drives with excitation frequencies of 1–15 MHz and amplitudes of 5 and 10 V were applied at two different axial positions, to the centre and to one end on the electrode stack of the ELTRAP device, at ultra‐high vacuum conditions. It is observed that the axial kinetic energy (eV) profile of the confined electrons increases with an increase of the RF excitation amplitudes, and densities from 5 × 10⁷ to 10¹² m^?3 for all cases under consideration. The simulation results indicate that with continuous RF excitations, the electron heating in the beginning is higher at the trap wall of the device and extends towards the central region of the trap over a simulation time of up to 100 µs. These results on the electron heating are in good agreement with the experimental findings (optical diagnostics of ELTRAP). The heating effect is larger when the RF power is applied from the position close to one end of the trap in comparison to the central position. Monte–Carlo PIC simulations with hydrogen as a background gas are also performed to evaluate the ionization process at pressures of 10^?8, 10^?7, and 10^?6 torr using the same electron plasma densities. The results show that at increasing pressures, the electron‐neutral collisions rate increases linearly with the background gas pressure. Increased collision frequency is obtained at higher RF drive amplitudes, which proportionally increases electron temperature, so that more ionization and secondary electrons are generated.     

Potential Confinement of a High Density Plasma in the GAMMA 10 Tandem Mirror

Potential confinement was demonstrated experimentally under various electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) scenarios. The particle confinement time and the plasma confining potential increased with ECRH power. The plug potential formation by means of only _ce ECRH was studied by Monte-Carlo simulation. Potential confinement experiments have advanced in higher density region up to 4×10¹² cm^-3. The higher density plasma was obtained by high frequency ICRF heating and recently installed neutral beam injector in the central cell. Studies of scaling relation of the potential confinement with respect to the plasma density have started with the high density plasma.     

Rotating relativistic electron beam-plasma interaction and formation of a field-reversed configuration

Experimental results on interaction of a rotating relativistic electron beam with plasma and neutral gas are presented. The rotating relativistic electron beam has been propagated up to a distance of 150 cm in a plasma. The response of the plasma to the rotating electron beam is found to be of magnetic diffusion type over a plasma density range 10¹¹–10¹³ cm⁻³. Excitation of the axial and azimuthal return currents by the rotating beam and subsequent trapping of the azimuthal return current layer by the magnetic mirror field are observed. A field-reversed configuration has been formed by the rotating relativistic electron beam when injected into neutral hydrogen gas. We have observed field reversal up to three times the initial field in an axial length of 100 cm.     

Experiments on two-step heating of a dense plasma in the GOL-3 facility

This paper presents the results of experiments on two-stage heating of a dense plasma by a relativistic electron beam in the GOL-3 facility. A dense plasma with a length of about a meter and a hydrogen density up to 10¹⁷ cm⁻³ was created in the main plasma, whose density was 10¹⁵ cm⁻³. In the process of interacting with the plasma, the electron beam (1 MeV, 40 kA, 4 μs) imparts its energy to the electrons of the main plasma through collective effects. The heated electrons, as they disperse along the magnetic field lines, in turn reach the region of dense plasma and impart their energy to it by pairwise collisions. Estimates based on experimental data are given for the parameters of the flux of hot plasma electrons, the energy released in the dense plasma, and the energy balance of the beam-plasma system. The paper discusses the dynamics of the plasma, which is inhomogeneous in density and temperature, including the appearance of pressure waves. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 897–917 (March 1998)     

Schlieren diagnostics of pulsed electron beam ablation of polymethyl-methacrylate

The investigation of the interaction of pulsed electron beams with PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) targets is reported. The electron beam of some 10^–8 s in duration is produced in a pulsed low-pressure gas discharge. The beam power density of up to 10⁸ W/cm² leads to a surface plasma formation similar to that of the pulsed laser ablation process. The propagation of the ablated material and the shock wave inside the PMMA target are observed by means of Schlieren diagnostics. An electron density gradient of over 3×10¹⁹ cm^–4 has been observed in the expanding plasma up to 1.5 s after the plasma formation. During the early stage of expansion, the expansion velocity of the plasma plume as determined by the steep electron density gradient is around 10⁵ cm/s. The pressure behind the shock front inside the PMMA target as determined from the shock velocity exceeds 0.3 Gpa.     

局域环境中微波等离子体电子密度诊断实验研究

为了研究局域真空环境中微波等离子体喷流电子数密度的分布规律及其影响因素,利用发射/郎缪尔探针测量等离子体的空间电位,再测量等离子体的电流-电压特性曲线,根据空间电位测量结果,在等离子体的电流-电压特性曲线上能准确地获取饱和电流,从而处理出电子数密度.最后的诊断实验表明：在有约束边界条件下,微波等离子体发生器以60 W以下的微波功率击穿流量范围是21—105 mg/s的氩气时,所产生的喷流中电子数密度分布在8.8×10¹⁴—7.53×10¹⁶/m^{3关键词： 等离子体诊断技术 等离子体基本过程 等离子体基本特性}     

Electron cyclotron resonance heating in a short cylindrical plasma system

Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma is produced and studied in a small cylindrical system. Microwave power is delivered by a CW magnetron at 2.45 GHz in TE¹⁰ mode and launched radially to have extraordinary (X) wave in plasma. The axial magnetic field required for ECR in the system is such that the first two ECR surfaces (B = 875.0 G andB = 437.5 G) reside in the system. ECR plasma is produced with hydrogen with typical plasma density n^e as 3.2 × 10¹⁰ cm^-3 and plasma temperature T^e between 9 and 15 eV. Various cut-off and resonance positions are identified in the plasma system. ECR heating (ECRH) of the plasma is observed experimentally. This heating is because of the mode conversion of X-wave to electron Bernstein wave (EBW) at the upper hybrid resonance (UHR) layer. The power mode conversion efficiency is estimated to be 0.85 for this system. The experimental results are presented in this paper.     

Fast electron energy deposition in aluminium foils: Resistive vs. drag heating

The high current electron beam losses have been studied experimentally with 0.7 J, 40 fs, 6 10¹⁹ Wcm^-2 laser pulses interacting with Al foils of thicknesses 10-200 μm. The fast electron beam characteristics and the foil temperature were measured by recording the intensity of the electromagnetic emission from the foils rear side at two different wavelengths in the optical domain, ≈407 nm (the second harmonic of the laser light) and ≈500 nm. The experimentally observed fast electron distribution contains two components: one relativistic tail made of very energetic (T _h ^tail ≈ 10 MeV) and highly collimated (7° ± 3°) electrons, carrying a small amount of energy (less than 1% of the laser energy), and another, the bulk of the accelerated electrons, containing lower-energy (T _h ^bulk=500 ± 100 keV) more divergent electrons (35 ± 5°), which transports about 35% of the laser energy. The relativistic component manifests itself by the coherent 2ω₀ emission due to the modulation of the electron density in the interaction zone. The bulk component induces a strong target heating producing measurable yields of thermal emission from the foils rear side. Our data and modeling demonstrate two mechanisms of fast electron energy deposition: resistive heating due to the neutralizing return current and collisions of fast electrons with plasma electrons. The resistive mechanism is more important at shallow target depths, representing an heating rate of 100 eV per Joule of laser energy at 15 μm. Beyond that depth, because of the beam divergence, the incident current goes under 10¹² Acm^-2 and the collisional heating becomes more important than the resistive heating. The heating rate is of only 1.5 eV per Joule at 50 μm depth.     

Hot electrons produced from long scale-length laser-produced droplet plasmas

Microplasmas produced from 15 μm methanol droplets irradiated by 100 fs laser pulses in the intensity range 10¹⁴–10¹⁶ W cm^?2 are investigated via measurements of the hot electron temperature and x-ray yields under different conditions of intensity, polarization state, and plasma scale-length. The scale length of the drop-let plasma is increased with an intentional prepulse that is 10 ns ahead of the main pulse. Hot electron temperatures up to 48 keV have been measured at intensities of 2.5 × 10¹⁵W cm^?2 and the scaling of temperature as a function of intensity is determined for a long scale-length droplet plasma. The polarization and ellipticity dependence of the hard x-ray yield from the microdroplet plasmas are used to probe the shape of the droplet after irradiation by a prepulse.