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In situ techniques have been employed to characterize laser plasma (pl
ume) formation and reactions in the gas cloud formed from Al and NH3,
Optical emission imaging and spectroscopy, and time of flight mass spe
ctrometry have been used to monitor ablation plume components. AlN fil
ms have been synthesized by reaction of laser evaporated Al in a NH3 a
tmosphere. Optical multichannel emission spectroscopy (OMA) and intens
ified charge coupled device (ICCD) imaging have been applied to identi
fication of the deposition precursors occurring in the plasma.