Some Electric and Spectroscopic Properties of the Radiofrequency Plasma in a Steady Magnetic Field

In the experiences carried out on the capacitively excited high-frequency helium discharges at pressures of 10^?3?10^?2 Torr, a spectral line intensities redistribution in helium spectrum in function of applied steady magnetic field magnitude has been observed. The magnetic field application modifies also the plasma dispersive properties, which are reflected in the variable relative weight of the h.f. field harmonics. The experiences evidenced an electron temperature dependence on the relative h.f. harmonics intensities, confirming the previous researche conclusion concerning the electron temperature increase with the electric field frequency.     

Effect of parameters on Si plasma emission in collinear double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Collinear dual-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy was carried out on Si crystal by using a pair of nanosecond Nd:YAG laser sources emitting at 1064 nm. The spectral intensities and signalto-noise ratios of selected Si atomic and ionic lines were used to evaluate the optical emission. The optical emission intensity was recorded while varying the interpulse delay time and energy ratio of the two pulsed lasers. The effects of the data acquisition delay time on the line intensity and signal-to-noise ratio have been investigated as well. Based on the results, the optimal interpulse delay time, energy ratio of the two pulsed lasers, and data acquisition delay time for achieving the maximum atomic and ionic line intensities were found for generation of Si plasma with the collinear dual-pulse laser approach. The dominant mechanism for the observed line intensity variation was also discussed. In addition, the plasma temperature and electron number density at different gate delay times and different interpulse delay times were derived. A significant influence of plasma shielding on the electron temperature and electron number density at shorter interpulse delay times was observed.     

Spectral line narrowing in a gas by atoms trapped in a standing light wave

This paper presents results of a theoretical analysis of a new method for eliminating the Doppler broadening of spectral lines and the broadening by the transit time of atoms through a light beam. The atomic motion in a one-dimensional standing wave is studied and the conditions for translational-to-vibrational motion transformation are found. The variation in the Doppler contour by the trapping effect is investigated. It is illustrated, in particular, that the width of the narrow peak at the line centre depends mainly on the finite transit time of the atoms through the light beam. Next it is shown that, by accumulating slow atoms in a three-dimensional standing wave, it is possible, in principle, to observe narrow peaks with their widths determined only by the natural line width. The possibility of experimentally detecting of the phenomenon is discussed.     

Influence of physicochemical properties of ammonium uranates on formation of uranium oxides by the action of laser radiation

Spectroscopic studies of the surface laser plasma formed by the action of sequential high-power double laser pulses close to a porous body containing microquantities of ammonium polyuranates showed that the intensities of uranium spectral lines that are proportional to the elemental content in the plasma depend significantly on the physicochemical properties of the uranium compounds. The line intensities increase by several times with almost the same increase in the formation enthalpy of the compounds.     

Coherent spin transport through a 350 micron thick silicon wafer

We use all-electrical methods to inject, transport, and detect spin-polarized electrons vertically through a 350-micron-thick undoped single-crystal silicon wafer. Spin precession measurements in a perpendicular magnetic field at different accelerating electric fields reveal high spin coherence with at least 13pi precession angles. The magnetic-field spacing of precession extrema are used to determine the injector-to-detector electron transit time. These transit time values are associated with output magnetocurrent changes (from in-plane spin-valve measurements), which are proportional to final spin polarization. Fitting the results to a simple exponential spin-decay model yields a conduction electron spin lifetime (T1) lower bound in silicon of over 500 ns at 60 K.     

样品温度对纳秒激光诱导Cu等离子体特征参数的影响

为了研究样品温度对激光诱导击穿Cu等离子体特征参数的影响,以黄铜为研究对象,在优化的实验条件下采用波长为532 nm的Nd∶YAG纳秒脉冲激光诱导激发不同温度下的块状黄铜,测量了Cu等离子体的特征谱线强度和信噪比;同时在局部热平衡条件下利用Boltzmann斜线法和Stark展宽法分析计算了不同的样品温度条件下等离子体电子温度和电子密度。实验结果表明,在激光功率为60 mW时,随着样品温度的升高,Cu的特征谱线强度和信噪比逐渐增加,样品温度为130 ℃时达到最大值,然后趋于饱和。计算表明,黄铜样品中Cu元素Cu Ⅰ 329.05 nm,Cu Ⅰ 427.51 nm,Cu Ⅰ 458.71 nm,Cu Ⅰ 510.55 nm,Cu Ⅰ 515.32 nm,Cu Ⅰ 521.82 nm, Cu Ⅰ 529.25 nm,Cu Ⅰ 578.21 nm八条谱线在130℃的相对强度相较于室温（18 ℃）下分别提高了11.55倍、4.53倍、4.72倍,3.31倍、4.47倍、4.60倍、4.25倍、4.55倍,光谱信噪比分别增大了1.35倍,2.29倍、1.76倍、2.50倍、2.45倍、2.28倍、2.50倍,2.53倍。分析认为,升高样品温度会增大样品的烧蚀质量,相对于温度较低状态增加了等离子体中样品粒子浓度,进而提高等离子体发射光谱强度。所以,适当升高样品温度能够提高谱线强度和信噪比,从而增强LIBS技术检测分析光谱微弱信号的测量精度,改善痕量元素的检测灵敏度。同时研究了改变样品温度时等离子体电子温度和电子密度的变化趋势。计算表明,当样品温度从室温上升到130 ℃的过程中,等离子体的电子温度由4 723 K上升到7 121 K时基本不再变化。这种变化规律与发射谱线强度和信噪比变化趋势一致。分析认为,这主要是由于在升高样品温度的初始阶段,激光烧蚀量增大,等离子体内能增大,从而导致等离子体电子温度升高。当激光烧蚀样品的量达到一定值后不再变化,激光能量被激发溅射出来的样品蒸发物以及尘粒的吸收、散射和反射,导致激光能量密度降低,电子温度趋于饱和,达到某种动态平衡。选用一条Cu原子谱线（324.75 nm）的Stark展宽系数计算激光等离子体的电子密度,同时研究改变样品温度时等离子电子密度的变化趋势,计算表明在样品温度为130 ℃时,Cu Ⅰ 324.75 nm对应的等离子电子密度相较于室温（18 ℃）条件下增大了1.74×1017 cm-3。该变化趋势与电子温度的变化趋势一致。适当升高样品温度使得电子密度增大,从而提高电子和原子的碰撞几率,激发更多的原子,这是增强光谱谱线强度的原因之一。由此可见,升高样品温度是一种便捷的提高LIBS检测灵敏度的有效手段。     

Quantum trajectory studies of many-atom and finite transit-time effects in a cavity QED microlaser or micromaser

Studies of microlasers and micromasers generally assume that at most one atom is present in the resonator and transit times are much shorter than cavity lifetimes. We use quantum trajectory simulations to investigate the behavior of a microlaser/micromaser in which multiple atoms may be present and atom transit times can be comparable to the cavity decay time. Many-atom events are shown to destroy trap state resonances even for a mean intracavity atom number as small as 0.1. Away from trap states, results for mean photon number agree with a single-atom, weak-decay theory. However the variance of the photon number distribution increases relative to micromaser theory by an amount proportional to the product of the interaction time and cavity decay rate. This excess variance is interpreted as resulting from cavity decay during the atomic transit time.     

Bremsstrahlung from collisions of low-energy electrons with positive ions in a magnetic field

Bremsstrahlung from electron-ion collisions in a magnetic field is studied for low energies at which the Larmor radius of an electron is smaller than the characteristic impact parameter of close collisions in zero magnetic field. It is shown that the magnetic field does not qualitatively change the bremsstrahlung power at low frequencies smaller than the reciprocal time of electron transit in the vicinity of an ion in close collision in zero magnetic field. At high frequencies, the radiation intensity decreases in accordance with a power law, attains its minimal value, and then increases in accordance with a power law up to frequencies on the order of the electron cyclotron frequency. At such frequencies, the spectral power attains typical power values in zero magnetic field. At frequencies lower than the cyclotron frequency considered here, bremsstrahlung is polarized predominantly linearly in the plane formed by the magnetic field and the direction of radiation.     

On the diffraction of He by a Ni(110) surface

The diffraction of low-energy He atoms by a Ni(110) surface is studied using hard and soft wall models for the elastic scattering. The effects of thermal vibrations and inelastic processes on the He intensities are estimated. It is shown that the experimental spectra imply a corrugation height along the [001] direction that is maximally 0.12 au. A value of 0.30 au, calculated recently within a scheme that assumes the repulsive interaction to be proportional to the electron density of unperturbed Ni(110), leads to “double rainbow” diffraction patterns qualitatively different from those observed.     

少量氩气对大气介质阻挡放电光谱的增强

采用双水电极介质阻挡放电装置,测量了大气介质阻挡放电的光谱,并研究了加入少量氩气后光谱的变化。在300～800 nm波长范围内,发现了氮分子(C3Π_u(v′=0)→B3Π_g(v″=0～4))的光谱和氮原子(4d4D_7/2→3p4P0_1/2)的光谱。在大气中加入少量氩气后,击穿电压明显降低,在相同电压条件下,氮分子光谱线和氮原子光谱线强度都增强。同时,加入氩气后上述谱线的半宽度明显加大。由于谱线的Stark加宽与电子密度成正比, 说明加入氩气后等离子体的电子密度增大, 使得电子碰撞激发氮分子及氮原子的概率增大,激发到较高激发态的氮原子或氮分子增多,从而使光谱强度增强。     

Effect of the in-plane magnetic field on the recombination radiation spectrum of spatially-separated electron-hole layers

Changes in the recombination radiation spectrum of spatially-separated electron-hole layers has been studied under variation of the in-plane magnetic field and interlayer distance. It has been found that a change in the spectral position of the luminescence line in the low-field limit is proportional to the square of the magnetic field with the proportionality coefficient depending on the interlayer distance. The observed dependence has been shown to agree with the theoretical conceptions, according to which the line shift is quadratic in the magnetic field and interlayer distance and inversely proportional to the sum of the electron and hole masses. This total mass obtained in the experiment has been found to depend on the electric field that separates the layers and may substantially differ from the expected value.     

Resolved magnetic hyperfine spectra of Au-Fe alloys as a function of temperature

We have analyzed the Mössbauer hyperfine magnetic spectra of six compositions of Au-Fe from 10.5 to 33 at.% Fe at temperatures ranging from 4.2 K to the magnetic ordering temperature of each alloy. Only two elementary magnetic hyperfine spectra are required to fit the data, each of which has its own value of the magnetic hyperfine field, quadrupole coupling, isomer shift, and relative intensities. The intensity ratios of the two spectra for a given Fe concentration are essentially invariant with temperature. These results point to the existence of two chemically different Fe sites with all the Fe atoms magnetically coupled over the entire temperature regime below the upper magnetic ordering temperature. A relatively sharp increase in the local moment commences at both Fe sites, at ∼ 17 at.% Fe and continues to increase with Fe concentration.     

不同实验条件对激光诱导等离子体的影响机理研究

常温常压下,采用波长532 nm的Nd:YAG纳秒激光器激发诱导空气中的铝合金,由高分辨率的光谱仪和ICCD对等离子体发射光谱采集和实现光电转换。研究激光能量、ICCD门延迟和聚焦透镜到样品表面的距离(lens-to-sample distance,LTSD)对谱线信号强度和等离子体电子温度的影响,并分析了产生影响的物理机制。结果表明,固定ICCD门延迟和LTSD,随着激光能量的增大,谱线强度和电子温度均增大;计算结果表明,当激光能量从20 mJ增加到160 mJ时,原子谱线Al I 396.15 nm,Mg I 518.36 nm,离子谱线Mg II 279.54 nm谱线强度相较于20 mJ分别提高了12.83,6.45,10.56倍。固定激光能量和LTSD,ICCD门延迟在100~4000 ns范围内变化时,随着延迟的增加,谱线强度和等离子体电子温度均呈指数形式衰减。固定ICCD门延迟和激光能量,采用焦距为75 mm的聚焦透镜,研究了LTSD对等离子体参数的影响机理。结果表明,聚焦透镜到样品的距离对等离子体的谱线强度和电子温度有较大的影响。等离子体的特征谱线强度和等离子体的电子温度的变化规律基本一致,分别在聚焦透镜到样品表面的距离为73 mm和79 mm处取得峰值,并在73 mm处对应最大值。     

Spectroscopic characterization of aluminum plasma using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

A detailed investigation of aluminum plasma induced by a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser in air was performed. The emission of spectral lines arising from Al I transition at 396.07 nm, Al II transition at 358.46 nm, Al III transition at 360.72 nm and Al IV transition at 363.05 nm were well-resolved. The plasma parameters including electron temperature and electron density were determined through the Boltzmann plot method using the emission line intensities of the same ionized stages of aluminum atoms and the Stark-broadening profiles of Al II emission line, respectively. The temporal evolutions of the spectral lines belonging to atomic and ionic aluminum elements and the plasma parameters were investigated at three different laser pulse energies. Moreover, the validity of local thermodynamic equilibrium was elucidated in our experimental condition.     

发射光谱法对早期激光诱导铝合金等离子体诊断研究

对激光诱导等离子体参数进行诊断有多种方法,其中采用发射光谱法对其诊断是一种重要的方法。文中采用Nd∶YAG固态激光器,输出波长1 064 nm红外激光与铝合金样品相互作用,深入研究了铝合金等离子体产生早期(<1 μs)谱线轮廓、谱线强度、线背比、谱线半峰宽及位移等随时间演变规律。研究表明,激光与物质相互作用早期,电子数密度非常大,电子与离子及原子之间的相互作用非常强烈,谱线的Stark展宽效应非常明显,导致多重谱线重叠在一起,随时间演变,电子数密度及电子温度的降低,多重谱线的半峰宽越来越窄且谱线轮廓对称性越来越好。MgⅠ285.212 6 nm谱线强度早期逐渐增强,大约100 ns左右谱线强度达到最大值,然后谱线强度呈逐渐减小的趋势,这是由于等离子体产生早期,电子及离子占主导地位,故早期原子谱线强度较弱,随时间演变,电子与离子之间的复合,原子数密度逐渐增加,故原子谱线逐渐增强,达到最大值之后,由于等离子体激发温度的降低,故谱线强度逐渐减弱。以NIST波长位置为参考,等离子体产生的早期谱线发生了红移,连续背景强度随时间演变呈幂函数形式急剧递减,与之相反,谱线的连续背景强度与谱线强度相比,连续背景衰减的速度更为迅速,故导致谱线信背比随时间演变呈增大趋势,本研究对等离子体早期这些现象从理论角度进行了深入探讨。     

Spectroscopic study of a brush cathode plasma in a magnetic field

The brush cathode helium discharge in the magnetic field has been operated stably at discharge currents larger than those without magnetic field. The diameter of the plasma column has been determined by the configuration of the magnetic field. The measurements of the spectral intensities of the recombination continuum followed by the 2³S-n³P series reveals that the electron density is 1·8 × 10¹³ cm^-3 and the electron temperature is 0·17 eV at a discharge current of 500 mA and a pressure of 0·9 torr for a magnetic flux density of 1·3 kG. The principal quantum number for line merging is 20.     

湿度对激光诱导土壤等离子体特性的影响

为研究土壤湿度对激光等离子体的影响,通过制备六种不同湿度的土壤样品进行实验,选取铅的特征谱线(Pb:405.78nm)为分析线。实验结果表明,随着土壤湿度的增加,谱线的强度、信噪比及RSD线性减小。在局部热力学平衡近似下,选取铁在400～440nm波长范围内的四条特征谱线,利用玻尔兹曼图,测定了等离子体温度在不同湿度下的变化特性,随着湿度从零增加到20%,等离子体温度从11800K近似单调的下降到7800K,电子密度从3.3×106cm-3减小到2.8×106cm-3。     

Peculiarities of plasma decay in the afterglow of a low-pressure pulsed discharge in oxygen

Weakly ionized plasma of a pulsed-discharge afterglow in oxygen at low pressures (0.05–0.15 torr) is investigated using probe diagnostics. The plasma conductivity is measured by supplying an additional probing current pulse at a certain instant during the afterglow. The spectral line intensities are also measured to additionally monitor the densities of charged particles. The measurements of the time behavior of the electron density in an oxygen afterglow plasma confirm the previous conclusion that the electrons escape due to enhanced diffusion, which results in the formation of an ion-ion plasma. The possibility of realizing the opposite ultimate case—the detachment decay regime with an increase in the electron density to the density of positive ions in the first stage and the transition to the electron-ion plasma in the second stage—is demonstrated.     

Spectroscopic structure and mass determination of plasma cluster accelerated by a coaxial gun

In this paper the structure of air cluster by spectral line intensities is determined on the base of an unstationary collisional-radiative model. The ratio of filling gas and admixtures is stated. The dependence of cluster mass on the time delay of discharge after admitting of filling gas is calculated at known electron density and cluster volume.     

A Procedure for Estimating the Electron Temperatureand the Departure of the LTE Condition in a Time-Dependent, Spatially Homogeneous, Optically Thin Plasma

We present a method to estimate the temperature of transient plasmas and their degree of departure from local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. Our method is based on application of the Saha–Boltzmann equations on the temporal variation of the intensity of the spectral lines of the plasma, under the assumption that the plasmas at the different times when the spectra were obtained are in local thermodynamic equilibrium. The method requires no knowledge of the spectral efficiency of the spectrometer/detector, transition probabilities of the considered lines, or degeneracies of the upper and lower levels. Provided that the conditions of optically thin, homogeneous plasma in local thermodynamic equilibrium are satisfied, the accuracy of the procedure is limited only by the precision with which the line intensities and densities can be determined at two different temperatures. The procedure generates an equation describing the temporal evolution of the electron number density of transient plasmas under local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. The method is applied to the analysis of two laser-induced breakdown spectra of cadmium at different temperatures.