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Spectroscopic and Ion Probe Characterization of the Transport Process Following Laser Ablation of Yba2Cu3Ox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

David B. Geohegan  and
Douglas N. Mashburn
David B. Geohegan
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6056
Douglas N. Mashburn
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6056
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Abstract

Spatial and temporal measurements of the optical absorption, optical emission and ion probe response in the ablation plume formed following pulsed 248 nm irradiation of Y1Ba2Cu3Ox are reported over laser energy densities from near threshold into the film growth regime. Time of flight absorbance-velocity profiles in vacuum indicate the formation and acceleration of a plasma front, with ions leading neutrals on the edge of the expanding plume. Ion probe screening measurements show that the laser plume is a well-shielded plasma with Debye lengths <10 μm at film deposition distances. Velocity distributions and estimates of ground state Ba+, Ba, Y+, and Y densities indicate that the populations of the ions outnumber those of the neutrals at high energy densities in vacuum. Measurements of the slowing of the plasma front and attenuation of the total charge reaching the substrate are reported for laser ablation in background pressures of oxygen. Absorption by ground state YO and BaO in the region close to the pellet indicates oxide densities ˜5 × 1013 cm−3 close to the pellet.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 191: Symposium N – Laser Ablation for Materials Synthesis , 1990 , 211
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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