Spatiotemporal evolution of emission and absorption signatures in a laser-produced plasma

Harilal, Sivanandan S.; Kautz, Elizabeth J.; Phillips, M. C.

doi:10.1063/5.0081597

Title: Spatiotemporal evolution of emission and absorption signatures in a laser-produced plasma

Journal Article · 08 February 2022 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0081597 · OSTI ID:1855986

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)

Here we report spatiotemporal evolution of emission and absorption signatures of Al species in a nanosecond (ns) laser-produced plasma (LPP). The plasmas were generated from an Inconel target, which contained ~0:4 wt. % Al, using 1064 nm, ≈6 ns full width half maximum pulses from an Nd:YAG laser at an Ar cover gas pressure of ≈34 Torr. The temporal distributions of the Al I (394.4 nm) transition were collected from various spatial points within the plasma employing time-of-flight (TOF) emission and laser absorption spectroscopy, and they provide kinetics of the excited state and ground state population of the selected transition. The emission and absorption signatures showed multiple peaks in their temporal profiles, although they appeared at different spatial locations and times after the plasma onset. The absorption temporal profiles showed an early time signature representing shock wave propagation into the ambient gas. We also used emission and absorption spectral features for measuring various physical properties of the plasma. The absorption spectral profiles are utilized for measuring linewidths, column density, and kinetic temperature, while emission spectra were used to measure excitation temperature. A comparison between excitation and kinetic temperature was made at various spatial points in the plasma. Our results highlight that the TOF measurements provide a resourceful tool for showing the spatiotemporal LPP dynamics with higher spatial and temporal resolution than is possible with spectral measurements but are difficult to interpret without additional information on excitation temperatures and linewidths. The combination of absorption and emission TOF and spectral measurements thus provides a more complete picture of LPP spatiotemporal dynamics than is possible using any one technique alone.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1855986

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-168683

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 131; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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