Comparing the kinetics of ionized and neutral atoms from single and multi-element laser-produced plasmas

Kautz, Elizabeth J.; Phillips, Mark C.; Diwakar, Prasoon K.; Zelenyuk, Alla; Harilal, Sivanandan S.

doi:10.1063/5.0146958

Title: Comparing the kinetics of ionized and neutral atoms from single and multi-element laser-produced plasmas

Journal Article · 21 May 2023 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146958 · OSTI ID:1974689

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North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

In this work, kinetics of ion and neutral atom emission features were compared for nanosecond laser-produced plasmas generated from several metal targets (i.e., Al, Ti, Zr, Nb, Ta) and an alloy containing all of these as principal alloying elements. Plasmas were produced by focusing 6 ns, 1064 nm pulses from an Nd:YAG laser on the targets of interest in a vacuum. A Faraday cup was used for collecting ion temporal features while spatially and temporally resolved emission spectroscopy was used for measuring the optical time of flight of various neutral atomic transitions. Our results highlight that most probable ion and atom velocities decay with increasing atomic mass. Trends for ions from the alloy target represent a weighted average where all ions contribute. For both ions and atoms, velocities decrease with increasing heat of vaporization and melting temperature, consistent with the thermal mechanisms that contribute to nanosecond laser ablation. Kinetic energies for neutral atoms from pure metal targets have some variability with atomic mass, whereas kinetic energies for atoms from the alloy target are more similar. These more similar kinetic energies observed for neutral atoms in the multi-element plasma may be attributed to collisions between species from all elements in the Knudsen layer.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1974689

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-169770

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 30; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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