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Optical Detection of Slow Excited Neutrals in Plasma-Assisted Excimer Laser Ablation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, pritish@chuma.cas.usf.edu
P. Sakthivel
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, pritish@chuma.cas.usf.edu
S. Witanachchi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, pritish@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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Abstract

The observation of a slow optically excited component in the excimer laser-ablated YBCO plume due to the presence of a biased ring electrode is reported. The temporal dynamics of the plume were investigated by using time-of-flight (TOF) optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Time-resolved emission signals reveal excitation and resultant fluorescence from slow-moving plume species in the presence of the discharge.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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