P. Maierkomor et al., IMPROVEMENT OF THE PREPARATION PROCEDURE OF CARBON STRIPPER FOILS FROM THE LASER-PLASMA ABLATION DEPOSITION PROCESS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 397(1), 1997, pp. 131-136
Due to series production of the 4 mu g/cm(2) thick carbon stripper foi
ls, prepared by laser plasma ablation-deposition, several improvements
of the preparation procedure could be realized without impairing the
crystal structure of random orientation, which leads to the insensitiv
eness against irradiation damage caused by swift heavy ions. Now carbo
n stripper foils of this kind can be floated and slackened without any
plastic support. The mechanical strength of such foils was tested in
dependence of ablation parameters and compared to carbon foils prepare
d by evaporation-condensation. So far the laser plasma ablation proced
ure for carbon was limited to a maximum thickness of about 10 mu g/cm(
2). Investigations were performed to extend the thickness range to 100
mu g/cm(2) and more.