Ya. Bykovskii et al., Formation of the characteristics of ion emission from a laser-produced plasma in the presence of a conducting diaphragm, QUANTUM EL, 30(8), 2000, pp. 719-720
The effect of electrical diaphragm-target coupling on the formation of ion
component characteristics of a laser-produced plasma is considered. When th
e target and the diaphragm are insulated from each other and are under a fl
oating potential, a high-energy ion peak is observed and the integral numbe
r of ions and their multiplicity increase compared to the case when the tar
get and the diaphragm are connected and grounded.