Evaluation of pressure in a plasma produced by laser ablation of steel

Autor: Emanuel Axente, Valentin Craciun, Jörg Hermann, Aya Taleb, Frédéric Pelascini
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Lasers, Plasmas et Procédés photoniques (LP3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laser Department, NILPRP, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), National Institute for Lasers, Plasma, and Radiation Physics [Magurele-Ilfov] (INFLPR), Cetim Grand Est, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy
Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, Elsevier, 2018, 143, pp.63-70. ⟨10.1016/j.sab.2018.02.015⟩
Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2018, 143, pp.63-70. ⟨10.1016/j.sab.2018.02.015⟩
ISSN: 0584-8547
1873-3565
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2018.02.015⟩
Popis: International audience; We investigated the time evolution of pressure in the plume generated by laser ablation with ultraviolet nanosec-ond laser pulses in a near-atmospheric argon atmosphere. These conditions were previously identified to produce a plasma of properties that facilitate accurate spectroscopic diagnostics. Using steel as sample material, the present investigations benefit from the large number of reliable spectroscopic data available for iron. Recording time-resolved emission spectra with an echelle spectrometer, we were able to perform accurate measurements of electron density and temperature over a time interval from 200 ns to 12 µs. Assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium, we computed the plasma composition within the ablated vapor material and the corresponding kinetic pressure. The time evolution of plume pressure is shown to reach a minimum value below the pressure of the background gas. This indicates that the process of vapor-gas interdiffusion has a negligible influence on the plume expansion dynamics in the considered timescale. Moreover, the results promote the plasma pressure as a control parameter in calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
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