Laser-Ablated Plasma Dynamics Study For Sm{sub 1-x}Nd{sub x}NiO{sub 3} Thin Films Deposition
- Centre de Developpement des Technologies Avancees Cite 20 aout 1956, B. P. 17, Baba Hassen (Algeria)
- IThemba LABS National Research Foundation PO Box 722, Somerset West 7129, Western Cape Province (South Africa)
The expansion dynamics of Sm{sub 1-x}Nd{sub x}NiO{sub 3} excimer laser ablation plume in background oxygen atmosphere has been investigated using a fast ICCD imaging. The laser fluence was fixed at 2 J{center_dot}cm{sup -2} and the surrounding ambient gas pressure was varied from vacuum to 50 mbars. The imaging data is used to create position--time plots of the luminous front at several background oxygen pressures. The plume behaviour is found influenced by the gas pressure. In earlier time, the expansion is almost linear independently of the background gas pressure used, and then as time evolves, the plume expansion is well characterized by a spherical shock wave model and at later times, the plume is decelerated and comes to rest, so the drag force model is a good approximation to this regime of expansion. Plume splitting into fast and slow components was another feature observed at some distances depending on the oxygen background pressure. The optimal target-substrate distance for thin film deposition has been estimated.
- OSTI ID:
- 21251379
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1047, Issue 1; Conference: LAPAMS'08: 1. international conference on laser plasma applications in materials science, Algiers (Algeria), 23-26 Jun 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2999909; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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