Spatial and time resolved analysis of CN bands in the laser induced plasma from graphite

Analysis of the emission bands of the CN molecules in the plasma generated from a graphite target irradiated with 1.06 μm radiation pulses from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser has been done. Depending on the position of the sampled volume of the plasma plume, the intensity distribution in the emission spectra is found to change drastically. The vibrational temperature and population distribution in the different vibrational levels have been studied as function of distance from the target for different time delays with respect to the incidence of the laser pulse. The translational temperature calculated from time of flight is found to be higher than the observed vibrational temperature for CN molecules and the reason for this is explained.     

Quantitative studies of copper plasma using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

In the present work, we present the spatial evolution of the copper plasma produced by the fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) and second harmonic (532 nm) of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The experimentally observed line profiles of neutral copper have been used to extract the electron temperature using the Boltzmann plot method, whereas, the electron number density has been determined from the Stark broadening. Besides we have studied the variation of electron temperature and electron number density as a function of laser energy at atmospheric pressure. The Cu I lines at 333.78, 406.26, 465.11 and 515.32 nm are used for the determination of electron temperature. The relative uncertainty in the determination of electron temperature is ≈10%. The electron temperature calculated for the fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) of Nd:YAG laser is 10500–15600 K, and that for the second harmonic (532 nm) of Nd:YAG laser is 11500–14700 K at a Q Switch delay of 40 μs. The electron temperature has also been calculated as a function of laser energy from the target surface for both modes of the laser. We have also studied the spatial behavior of the electron number density in the plume. The electron number densities close to the target surface (0.05 mm), in the case of fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) of Nd:YAG laser having pulse energy 135 mJ and second harmonic (532 nm) of Nd:YAG laser with pulse energy 80 mJ are 2.50×10¹⁶ and 2.60×10¹⁶ cm⁻³, respectively.     

双频容性耦合等离子体相分辨发射光谱诊断

采用相分辨发射光谱法, 对双频容性耦合纯Ar和不同含O₂量的Ar-O₂混合气体放电等离子体的鞘层激发模式进行了探究. 在射频耦合电源上极板的鞘层区域处观察到两种电子激发模式: 鞘层扩张引起的电子碰撞激发模式和二次电子引起的电子碰撞激发模式; 并发现这两种激发模式均受到低频射频电源周期的调制. 在纯Ar放电等离子体中, 两种激发模式的激发轮廓相似; 而在Ar-O₂混合气放电等离子体中, 随着含O₂量的增加, 二次电子的激发轮廓变弱. 此外, 利用相分辨发射光谱法对不同含O₂量的Ar-O₂混合气放电下Ar的 750.4 nm谱线的平均低频电源周期轴向分布进行了研究, 得到了距耦合电源上极板约3.8 mm处为双频容性耦合射频等离子体的鞘层边界. 关键词： 双频容性耦合等离子体 等离子体鞘层 发射光谱     

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采用光学多通道分析仪等设备对532nm YAG激光诱导产生的Al等离子体光谱进行了时空分辨测量,得到了等离子体时空分辨光谱。利用局部热平衡(LTE)模型和谱线的Stark展宽计算得到了等离子体电子温度和电子密度的时空演化曲线,获得了与文献[9～11]一致的结果。     

Real time NDE of laser shock processing with time-of-flight of laser induced plasma shock wave in air by acoustic emission sensor

Acoustic emission sensor is used to research the time-of-flight of the shock wave induced by laser-plasma in air for real time nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of laser shock processing. The time-of-flight of the shock wave propagating from the source to the sensor declines nonlinearly and similarly at the different distances for different laser energies. The velocity of the shock wave at the distance of 30 mm increases faster than that of the distance of 35 mm. The relationship between the laser energy and the distance is almost linearly when the signal with distortion is measured by acoustic emission sensor. Finally, Taylor solution is used to analyze the experimental results, and the empirical formula between the energy of the shock wave and the laser energy is established, which will provide a theoretical basis for real time NDE of laser shock processing.     

激光能量对激光诱导Cu等离子体特征辐射强度、电子温度的影响

利用Nd:YAG激光(波长1 064 nm,脉宽10 ns)烧蚀金属Cu靶获得等离子体 .改变激光脉冲能量,观测到Cu的原子谱线和离子谱线随激光脉冲能量有不同的变化关系, 但都在330 mJ/pulse时,谱线强度达到最大,随后在330 mJ～370 mJ/pulse间出现一小平台 ,能量继续增加,各谱线强度减小.同时,使用烧蚀Cu靶产生的五条原子谱线(465.11 nm,5 10.55 nm,515.32 nm,521.82 nm,529.25 nm)的相对强度,在局部热力学平衡近似下,利用B oltzmann图的最小二乘法拟合,测定了不同激光能量下Cu等离子体的电子温度.随激光能量的增加,电子温度近似单调地从1.02×104 K上升到1.46×104 K后,反而有所下降.     

激光诱导Ti等离子体光谱的时间演化特性研究

利用Nd:YAG激光器产生的1064 nm、10 ns脉冲激光聚焦在空气中的Ti靶,观测了激光诱导Ti等离子体发射光谱.调节激光能量为45 mJ/pulse,分析了时间范围在0到4000 ns的时间分辨发射光谱和谱线轮廓以及展宽.在局部热力学平衡(LTE)条件下,利用Saha-boltzmann图法拟合电子温度,Saha方程计算电子密度,讨论了等离子体电子温度和电子密度随时间的演化规律.结果表明,在所讨论的时间范围内,谱线的强度在延时250 ns处达到最大,250 ns后随着延迟时间的增加减小,电子密度和电子温度在延时1000 ns内快速衰减,1000 ns后衰减速度变慢.     

飞秒激光烧蚀硅表面产生等离子体的发射光谱研究

对中心波长为800 nm,脉宽为100 fs的激光脉冲烧蚀空气中硅(111)产生的等离子体发射光谱进行了时间和空间分辨研究. 结果表明,在等离子体羽膨胀初期(小于50 ns时间范围内),等离子体发射光谱主要由连续光谱构成,此后连续光谱强度逐渐减弱,线状光谱开始占主导地位;在羽体膨胀过程中离子谱线的存在时间短于原子谱线的存在时间. 由时间分辨发射光谱发现在羽体膨胀过程中等离子体辐射波长存在红移现象,波长红移量随时间演化呈二次指数衰减. 最后给出等离子体发射光谱谱线强度的时空演化规律. 关键词： 飞秒激光 脉冲激光烧蚀 等离子体 发射光谱     

激光烧蚀硬铝产生等离子体温度和力学效应测量

 为了研究激光推进技术中激光与材料相互作用的机制,获取等离子体状态参数及力学参数,采用Nd:YAG被动调Q固体激光器烧蚀硬铝,通过激光诱导等离子体光谱技术测得等离子体光谱和温度,由冲量摆测得力学参数。实验结果显示：在激光功率密度0.534×10⁸ W/cm²时,靶材表面的等离子体温度在等离子体辐射过程中呈二次曲线衰减;改变靶材等离子体点燃阈值附近的激光功率密度时,随着功率密度的增加,等离子体温度、冲量耦合系数也随着增大,当功率密度达到靶材的等离子体点燃阈值时,各参数达到最大,此后随着功率密度增加,由于等离子体对能量的屏蔽作用,导致靶材表面的等离子体温度降低,等离子体获得的动能减少,靶材耦合的冲量降低。     

The electron temperature distribution of laser erosion plume after ablation of a tantalum target with excimer laser in vacuum

The erosion plume resulting from an ablation of a tantalum target in vacuum with an excimer laser radiation (308 nm) was studied using the Langmuir probe technique. The spatial and temporal dependencies of the electron probe currents were obtained in real time. The electron temperature of different plume regions was determined from a series of I–U characteristics taken at different distances between the probe and the target. We determined that the plume electron temperature is non-uniform and has a maximum value in front of the plume.     

大气压射流等离子体中O及OH自由基的发射光谱在线诊断

OH自由基及氧原子在大气化学、表面处理及化学污染物分解等方面有着重要的作用。利用发射光谱技术在线测量了大气压射流等离子体中OH自由基紫外波段与O自由基777,844 nm波段的发射光谱。研究了OH自由基与氧原子光谱强度随放电功率及放电体系中所加入的氧浓度的变化。将实验测得的OH自由基光谱图与用Lifbase数据库模拟光谱图进行比较,估算了OH自由基的转动温度。结果表明：OH自由基的转动温度随放电功率的增加而增加,随工作气体流速的增加而减小。     

激光诱导煤样等离子体的表征

以脉冲Nd·YAG激光器泵浦的光学参量发生/放大器输出为激发源,获得了一种家庭用煤样品的激光诱导等离子体(laser induced plasma,LIP)发射光谱。谱线线型呈洛伦兹线型,表明等离子体加宽以Stark展宽为主。利用发射谱线的Stark展宽和强度,通过测量等离子体不同位置的发射光谱,确定了等离子体温度和电子密度的空间分布,发现二者在垂直等离子体发光火焰方向相对火焰中心对称分布,沿发光火焰方向不具有对称分布的特点。发光火焰中心的等离子体温度和电子密度最大,且发光强度较大,因此利用光谱技术测量等离子体特征量时,宜采集火焰中心的发射光谱。样品中有些元素的发射谱线线型显示,等离子体中存在很强的自吸收现象,自吸收程度和激发波长及激光能量密切相关,激发波长接近谱线中心波长时,自吸收现象最明显;随激光能量的增加,发射光谱强度增加的同时,自吸收的程度也增大。把这些现象归因于原子跃迁概率的增大及激光强度增加引起的等离子体中粒子数密度的增大。自吸收现象导致实验观测到的发射谱线强度小于LIP的真实辐射强度,对等离子体进行测量时,应选取不存在自吸收现象的谱线,以便于提高测量准确度。     

An optical emission spectroscopy study of the plasma generated in the DC HF CVD nucleation of diamond

Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) was used to study the plasma generated by the activation of the gas phase CH₄ + H₂ both by hot filaments and by a plasma discharge (DC HF CVD) during the nucleation of CVD diamond. The effects of nucleation parameters, such as methane concentration and extraction potential, on the plasma chemistry near the surface were investigated. The density of the diamond nucleation and the quality of the diamond films were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman scattering, respectively. The OES results showed that the methane concentration influenced strongly the intensity ratio of H_β-H_α implying an increase of electron mean energy, as well as CH, CH⁺, C₂. A correlation between the relative increase of CH⁺ and the diamond nucleation density was found, conversely the increase of C₂ contributed to the introduction of defects in the diamond nuclei.     

Measurements of plasma parameters in capacitively coupled radio frequency plasma from discharge characteristics: Correlation with optical emission spectroscopy

Plasma parameters from the discharge characteristics of a 13.56 MHz capacitively coupled radio frequency Ar plasma are evaluated on the basis of homogeneous discharge model for wide range of operating pressure. The homogeneous discharge model of capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge is modified to take into account the nonlinear plasma series resonance effect. The effect of drift velocity of the electron due to change in radio frequency electric field and operating pressure is also considered. Considerable dependent of plasma parameters on the drift velocity of the electron as well as on the plasma series resonance effect are observed in low pressure. An irregular variation of calculated plasma density with operating pressure is observed, which is reconfirmed with optical emission spectroscopy.     

Characterization of the high—voltage pulsed discharge plasma of ammonia by emission spectroscopy

We have used optical emission spectroscopy to characterize the high-voltage pulsed discharge of ammonia.Ammonia was highly dissociated in the discharge at low pressures.More atomic nitrogen was generated as compared to the discharge of nitrogen gas at the same pressure of 0.8kPa.We discuss the elimination of the oxygen impurity in the ammonia discharge,and we estimate the time-dependent atomic excitation temperature and the electron density from the measured spectra.     

空气中激光烧蚀Cu产生等离子体发射光谱的研究

利用Q-开关Nd:YAG激光器产生的1.06 μm、10 ns的脉冲激光聚焦在空气中的Cu靶上,观测了激光诱导的Cu等离子体发射光谱.采用不同的激光能量,分析了波长范围为440 nm到540 nm的空间分辨发射光谱.在局部热力学平衡(LTE)条件近似下,根据谱线的相对强度,得到了等离子体电子温度约在104 K以上,给出了靶面附近电子温度的空间演化规律,并探讨了N(Ⅱ)500.52 nm谱线的谱线强度和半高全宽随激光能量的变化规律.     

准分子激光诱导铅等离子体中谱线Stark展宽时空特性研究

测定了激光诱导铅等离子体中铅原子和离子谱线Ｓｔａｒｋ展宽的时间演化特性以及与缓冲气体压力之间的关系,由此计算得到了等离子体中电子密度的时间演化特性及其与缓冲气体压力之间的关系,实验结果表明,由不同的金属固体材料产生的激光等离子体的动力学性质差异很大,并讨论了形成这种差异的物理机制。     

Time resolved Nomarski interferometery of laser produced plasma plumes

We report results from optical interferometric probing of a laser generated Zn plasma plume. The experiment was performed in a vacuum and O₂ rich environments where the background pressure of O₂ was maintained at 1000 Pa and the results from both regimes are compared. The focus of our work is very much on the early stages in the life of the plasma plume which remains, to date, a largely unexplored area of study, at least in the pulsed laser deposition research domain. It was found that the electron density profile normal to the target is different in the background gas at early times (∼30 ns) compared to that of the vacuum case. At later times (∼80 ns) both profiles have a very similar shape. We also observe the formation of a shock wave at the plasma-gas interface shortly after plasma breakdown (<15 ns).     

激光波长对水中金属元素激光诱导击穿光谱探测的影响

针对激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)在海洋应用中的问题,对1 064和532nm两个激发波长下水中LIBS光谱特性进行探测分析,以比较其烧蚀效果。通过激光诱导等离子体的时间分辨光谱,分析水下等离子体电子密度随时间的演化规律,1 064nm激光诱导等离子体寿命约为1 200ns,而532nm激光激发情况下等离子体寿命仅约为600ns。基于光在水中的传输特性和LIBS的实验结果,建立了获得最佳LIBS探测效果所需的入水前激光脉冲能量Eiopt(r)与探测距离r的关系,并应用到水下原位探测的模拟分析。结果表明,当探测距离不大于5cm时,所需的入水前1 064nm激光单脉冲能量小于100mJ,该激发波长可用于LIBS的水下探测;当探测距离增至10cm时,所需的入水前532nm激光单脉冲能量只需30mJ左右。因此,当原位探测距离增加时,则需考虑选择532nm激光作为烧蚀光源。