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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 609-619 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids |
Volume | 160 |
Issue number | 10-12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
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