Ion time-of-flight study of laser ablation of silver in low pressure gases

Authors
Hansen, TN Schou, J Lunney, JG
Citation
Tn. Hansen et al., Ion time-of-flight study of laser ablation of silver in low pressure gases, APPL SURF S, 139, 1999, pp. 184-187
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
01694332 → ACNP
Volume
139
Year of publication
1999
Pages
184 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(199901)139:<184:ITSOLA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The dynamics of ions from a laser-ablated silver target in low pressure bac kground atmospheres have been investigated in a simple geometry using an el ectrical probe. A simple scattering picture for the first transmitted peak of the observed plume splitting has been used to calculate cross sections o f the ablated silver ions in oxygen (sigma{O-2} = 4.8 x 10(-16) cm(2)) and in argon (sigma{Ar} = 6.7 x 10(-16) cm(2)). The dynamics of the blast wave is well described by blast wave theory. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.