Spectroscopic study of carbon plasma produced by the first (1064 nm) and second (532 nm) harmonics of Nd:YAG laser

Journal Article · Sun Mar 15 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X15030034· OSTI ID:22472416

Salik, M. ^[1]; Arif, F. ^[2]

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1. Beijing Jiaotong University, Institute of Optoelectronics (China)
2. MCS National University of Sciences & Technology (Pakistan)

In this research work, spectroscopic studies of carbon (C) plasma by using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) are presented. The plasma was produced by the first (1064 nm) and second (532 nm) harmonics of a Q-switched Nd:YAG (Quantel Brilliant) pulsed laser having a pulse duration of 5 ns and 10-Hz repetition rate, which is capable of delivering 400 mJ at 1064 nm and 200 mJ at 532 nm. The laser beam was focused on the target material (100% carbon) by placing it in air at atmospheric pressure. The experimentally observed line profiles of five neutral carbon (C I) lines at 247.85, 394.22, 396.14, 588.95, and 591.25 nm were used to extract the electron temperature T{sub e} by using the Boltzmann plot method and determine its value, 9880 and 9400 K, respectively, for the fundamental and second harmonics of the laser, whereas the electron density N{sub e} was determined from the Stark broadening profile of neutral carbon line at 247.85 nm. The values of N{sub e} at a distance of 0.05 mm from the target surface for the fundamental-harmonic laser with a pulse energy of 130 mJ and the second-harmonic laser with a pulse energy of 72 mJ are 4.68 × 10{sup 17} and 5.98 × 10{sup 17} cm{sup −3}, respectively. This extracted information on T{sub e} and N{sub e} is useful for the deposition of carbon thin films by using the pulsed laser deposition technique. Moreover, both plasma parameters (T{sub e} and N{sub e}) were also calculated by varying the distance from the target surface along the line of propagation of the plasma plume and also by varying the laser irradiance.

• OSTI ID: 22472416
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 41; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BREAKDOWN
CARBON
ELECTRON DENSITY
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION
HARMONICS
LASER RADIATION
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
NEODYMIUM LASERS
PULSED IRRADIATION
Q-SWITCHING
RADIANT FLUX DENSITY
SURFACES
THIN FILMS