Optical Thomson scatter from laser-ablated plumes

A. Delserieys, F.Y. Khattak, J. Pedregosa Gutierrez, Ciaran Lewis, David Riley

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Abstract

We have obtained density and temperature informations on an expanding KrF laser-ablated magnesium plume via optical Thomson scatter with a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser. The electron temperature was found to decay with the expected Te t-1 dependence. However, we have found the electron density to have a time dependence ne t-4.95 which can be explained by strong recombination processes. We also observed atomic Raman satellites originating from transitions between the different angular momentum levels of the metastable 3P0 term in Mg I.
Original languageEnglish
Article number011502
Pages (from-to)011502-1-011502-3
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume92
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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