Retrieval of currents of multiply charged ions emitted from laser-produced carbon plasma

J. Krása*, L. Torrisi, A. Picciotto, D. Margarone, S. Gammino, L. Láska, K. Rohlena

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Abstract

The emission of ions from laser-produced carbon plasmas is investigated by a deconvolution of ion collector signals. The deconvolution is based on the use of Kelly and Dreyfus function expressing the time-resolved ion current to recover hidden peaks in an ion collector signal. The parameters of recovered C q + (1le;= q le;=6) currents make possible the quantification of properties of laser-produced plasmas. The drift and peak velocities of C q + ions, the abundance of ions and the plasma temperature are presented in the dependence on focused laser beam energy. The carbon plasma was generated employing either single 9-ns pulses of second harmonics (532 nm) of Nd:YAG laser or pulses repeated at a stable repetition rate of 30 Hz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)609-619
Number of pages11
JournalRadiation Effects and Defects in Solids
Volume160
Issue number10-12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2005
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (project AV0Z10100523).

Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Carbon ions
  • Ion collector
  • Ion energy distribution
  • Laser-produced plasma
  • TOF spectra deconvolution

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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