Tracking ground state Ba+ ions in an expanding laser–plasma plume using time-resolved vacuum ultraviolet photoionization imaging

Autor: Hirsch, John S., Kavanagh, Kevin D., Kennedy, Eugene T., Costello, John T., Nicolosi, P., Poletto, L.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Hirsch, John S., Kavanagh, Kevin D., Kennedy, Eugene T. ORCID: 0000-0002-0710-5281 , Costello, John T. ORCID: 0000-0003-4677-9999 , Nicolosi, P. and Poletto, L. (2004) Tracking ground state Ba+ ions in an expanding laser–plasma plume using time-resolved vacuum ultraviolet photoionization imaging. Laser and Particle Beams, 22 (3). pp. 207-213. ISSN 0263-0346
Popis: We report results from a study of the integrated column density and expansion dynamics of ground-state-selected Ba+ ions in a laser–plasma plume using a new experimental system—VPIF (vacuum-ultraviolet photoabsorption imaging facility). The ions are tracked by recording the attenuation of a pulsed and collimated vacuum ultraviolet beam, tuned to the 5p–6d inner-shell resonance of singly ionized barium, as the expanding plasma plume moves across it. The attenuated beam is allowed to fall on a CCD array where the spatial distribution of the absorption is recorded. Time-resolved ion velocity and integrated column density maps are readily extracted from the photoionization images.
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