Optical characteristics of laser-produced antimony plasma

The processes occurring in expanding laser-produced antimony plasma are investigated by the emission spectroscopy method. The plasma expansion velocity, the recombination time of SbII, and the electron temperature and density are determined from the dynamics of SbI line emission. Based on the results obtained, the processes occurring during the formation and expansion of laser-produced antimony plasma are qualitatively analyzed.     

Spectroscopic diagnostics of the laser erosion plasma of an AgGaS<Subscript>2</Subscript> polycrystalline target

Results are presented from experimental studies of the radiation emitted from a plasma produced in vacuum after irradiating a polycrystalline target by 1.06-μm laser radiation with an intensity of (3–5)×10⁸ W/cm². Plasma radiation from regions located at distances of 1 and 7 mm from the target is analyzed. It is shown that the main contribution to the plasma radiation in the 220–600 nm spectral range is made by transitions from the excited states of single-charged Ag⁺ and S⁺ ions. The atomic component of plasma radiation is represented by intense spectral lines corresponding to transitions from the Rydberg states of Ag and Ga atoms, whereas no resonance lines of these atoms are observed.     

Characteristics of a glow discharge in atmospheric pressure air over the water surface

The current-voltage characteristics, the amount of cathode fall, and the spectra of plasma radiation from different spatial domains are presented versus the molecular band intensity of products arising in an atmospheric-pressure air glow discharge over the distilled water surface. The plasma electron temperature is also reported. The distance to a liquid cathode or anode is varied from 1 to 10 mm at a discharge mean current of 10–36 mA.     

Parameters of a multicomponent laser-induced plasma

Technical Physics - We report on the results of analysis of parameters of a laser-induced plasma, which were obtained using emission diagnostics of a laser torch plasma from a CuInSe2...     

Formation of excited states of atoms and ions in laser plasma from CuInS2

Emission spectra and the energy distribution of the excited-state population density of atoms and ions in erosion laser plasma from CuInS₂ with various crystal-structure orderings are analyzed. It is shown that increased ordering of the target crystal structure causes the excited-state energies of indium atoms generated in the laser erosion plume to increase and that sulfur atoms always emit only in transitions from highly excited states. The ratio of relative ion concentrations in the laser plasma plume is Cu⁺/In⁺/S⁺ = 0.3/0.08/2, which corresponds neither to the atomic ratio of Cu/In/S (1/1/2) in the target nor to the ratio of ionization energies. The results are explained by recombination processes for ions and by the atomization specifics of the CuInS₂ target exposed to long-wavelength radiation. The atomization consists essentially of dissociative processes expressed by CuInS₂ → CuInS + S and CuInS₂ → Cu + InS + S. The electron temperature of polycrystal (single-crystal) plasma at a distance of 1 mm from the target is 0.3 eV (0.4 eV) for atoms and 1.3 eV (2.7 eV) for ions and varies negligibly for plasma up to a distance of 7 mm from the target. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 217–223, March–April, 2008.     

Emission characteristics and parameters of tin and CuSbSe2 laser plumes

The emission characteristics and parameters of laser plumes of tin and CuSbSe₂ compound are studied at distances of 1 and 7 mm from the target. The recombination times of singly and doubly charged tin ions are, respectively, 116 and 27 ns at a distance of 1 mm from the target and 148 and 64 ns at a distance of 7 mm. In the case of the CuSbSe₂ compound, the recombination times of antimony and copper ions are determined to be, respectively, 60 and 75 ns at a distance of 1 mm and 707 and 976 ns at a distance of 7 mm. The time-averaged temperatures and concentrations of electrons of the tin laser plasma are determined at a distance of 7 mm from the target (T _e = 0.42 eV and n _e = 2.9 × 10¹⁵ cm^?3), and the same parameters for the laser plasma based on the CuSbSe₂ compound are determined at distances of 1 and 7 mm from the target (T _e = 0.62 eV, n _e = 1.4 × 10¹⁶ cm^?3 and T _e = 0.86 eV, n _e = 8.4 × 10¹⁵ cm^?3).     

Variations in the parameters of the erosion lead plasma with distance from the laser target

The main parameters of the erosion lead plasma (the atomic density, the densities of electrons and single-and double-charged ions, the pressure, the mean free path, and the degree of ionization) at distances 1 and 7 mm from the laser target are investigated using emission spectroscopy. The plasma was produced by using a repetitive neodymium laser with a peak intensity of (3–5) × 10⁸ W/cm², wavelength of 1.06 μm, pulse duration of 20 ns, and repetition rate of 12 Hz. Original Russian Text ? A.K. Shuaibov, M.P. Chuchman, 2006, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 76, No. 11, pp. 61–65.     

Emission characteristics of a lead erosion laser plasma

The spectra and dynamics of the line emission of a lead erosion laser plasma at a distance of 1 mm from the target are investigated. The plasma is ignited in a vacuum (P=3–12 Pa) with a pulse-periodic neody-mium laser (τ=20 ns, f=12 Hz, W=(1–2)×10⁹ W/cm², and λ=1.06 µm). The data obtained are used to analyze the emission dynamics and the mechanism of formation of the laser plume.