scholarly journals Investigation of Shielding Effects on Picosecond Laser-Induced Copper Plasma Characteristics under Different Focusing Distances

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 536
Author(s):  
Linyu Chen ◽  
Hu Deng ◽  
Zhonggang Xiong ◽  
Jin Guo ◽  
Quancheng Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Line Intensity ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Plasma Temperature ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Picosecond Laser ◽  
Local Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Plasma Shielding ◽  
Shielding Effects

In traditional laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) applications, the line intensity and analysis capability are susceptible to plasma shielding. To investigate the shielding effects on the characteristics of Cu plasma in air, a ~120-picosecond laser with a wavelength of 1064 nm was employed to produce plasma. The plasma temperature and electron density were calculated under the condition of local thermal equilibrium (LTE) and optically thin, while the relationships between the line intensity, plasma temperature and electron density were analyzed. Moreover, the LTE condition was validated by the McWhirter relation, plasma relaxation time and diffusion length, and the optically thin condition was observed through the variation in line intensity. The results indicated that when the focal point was below the target surface, the plasma shielding was the weakest, and the highest line intensity could be obtained. In addition, there was a positive correlation between the increased plasma temperature and the degree of shielding effect. When the focal point was above the target surface, the high-irradiance pulse directly broke down the free air and produced a shock wave. Under the high pressure of the over-heated shock wave, the line intensity, plasma temperature and electron density increased again. This study provides an important insight into the experiments and applications of picosecond LIBS.

scholarly journals Discrimination of ablation, shielding, and interface layer effects on the steady-state formation of persistent bubbles under liquid flow conditions during laser synthesis of colloids

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark-Robert Kalus ◽  
Riskyanti Lanyumba ◽  
Stephan Barcikowski ◽  
Bilal Gökce
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Interface Layer ◽  
Nanosecond Laser ◽  
Viscous Liquids ◽  
Shielding Effects

AbstractOver the past decade, laser ablation in liquids (LAL) was established as an innovative nanoparticle synthesis method obeying the principles of green chemistry. While one of the main advantages of this method is the absence of stabilizers leading to nanoparticles with “clean” ligand-free surfaces, its main disadvantage is the comparably low nanoparticle production efficiency dampening the sustainability of the method and preventing the use of laser-synthesized nanoparticles in applications that require high amounts of material. In this study, the effects of productivity-dampening entities that become particularly relevant for LAL with high repetition rate lasers, i.e., persistent bubbles or colloidal nanoparticles (NPs), on the synthesis of colloidal gold nanoparticles in different solvents are studied. Especially under batch ablation conditions in highly viscous liquids with prolonged ablation times both shielding entities are closely interconnected and need to be disentangled. By performing liquid flow-assisted nanosecond laser ablation of gold in liquids with different viscosity and nanoparticle or bubble diffusivity, it is shown that a steady-state is reached after a few seconds with fixed individual contributions of bubble- and colloid-induced shielding effects. By analyzing dimensionless numbers (i.e., Axial Peclet, Reynolds, and Schmidt) it is demonstrated how these shielding effects strongly depend on the liquid’s transport properties and the flow-induced formation of an interface layer along the target surface. In highly viscous liquids, the transport of NPs and persistent bubbles within this interface layer is strongly diffusion-controlled. This diffusion-limitation not only affects the agglomeration of the NPs but also leads to high local densities of NPs and bubbles near the target surface, shielding up to 80% of the laser power. Hence, the ablation rate does not only depend on the total amount of shielding matter in the flow channel, but also on the location of the persistent bubbles and NPs. By comparing LAL in different liquids, it is demonstrated that 30 times more gas is produced per ablated amount of substance in acetone and ethylene glycol compared to ablation in water. This finding confirms that chemical effects contribute to the liquid’s decomposition and the ablation yield as well. Furthermore, it is shown that the highest ablation efficiencies and monodisperse qualities are achieved in liquids with the lowest viscosities and gas formation rates at the highest volumetric flow rates.

scholarly journals Different long-term trends of the oxygen red 630.0 nm line nightglow intensity as the result of lowering the ionosphere F2 layer

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2069-2080 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. B. Gudadze ◽  
G. G. Didebulidze ◽  
L. N. Lomidze ◽  
G. Sh. Javakhishvili ◽  
M. A. Marsagishvili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Line Intensity ◽  
Peak Height ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Theoretical Simulation ◽  
Type Layer ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Long Term Trend

Abstract. Long-term observations of total nightglow intensity of the atomic oxygen red 630.0 nm line at Abastumani (41.75° N, 42.82° E) in 1957–1993 and measurements of the ionosphere F2 layer parameters from the Tbilisi ionosphere station (41.65° N, 44.75° E) in 1963–1986 have been analyzed. It is shown that a decrease in the long-term trend of the mean annual red 630.0 nm line intensity from the pre-midnight value (+0.770±1.045 R/year) to its minimum negative value (−1.080±0.670 R/year) at the midnight/after midnight is a possible result of the observed lowering of the peak height of the ionosphere F2 layer electron density hmF2 (−0.455±0.343 km/year). A theoretical simulation is carried out using a simple Chapman-type layer (damping in time) for the height distribution of the F2 layer electron density. The estimated values of the lowering in the hmF2, the increase in the red line intensity at pre-midnight and its decrease at midnight/after midnight are close to their observational ones, when a negative trend in the total neutral density of the upper atmosphere and an increase in the mean northward wind (or its possible consequence – a decrease in the southward one) are assumed.

scholarly journals Equation of state studies at SILP by laser-driven shock waves

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Gu ◽  
Sizu Fu ◽  
Jiang Wu ◽  
Songyu Yu ◽  
Yuanlong Ni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Shock Adiabats ◽  
Pressure Shock ◽  
Aluminum Target ◽  
Laser Illumination ◽  
The Stability

The experimental progress of laser equation of state (EOS) studies at Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma (SILP) is discussed in this paper. With a unique focal system, the uniformity of the laser illumination on the target surface is improved and a laser-driven shock wave with good spatial planarity is obtained. With an inclined aluminum target plane, the stability of shock waves are studied, and the corresponding thickness range of the target of laser-driven shock waves propagating steadily are given. The shock adiabats of Cu, Fe, SiO2 are experimentally measured. The pressure in the material is heightened remarkably with the flyer increasing pressure, and the effect of the increasing pressure is observed. Also, the high-pressure shock wave is produced and recorded in the experimentation of indirect laser-driven shock waves with the hohlraum target.

scholarly journals Polar patches observed by ESR and their possible origin in the cusp region

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1043-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Smith ◽  
S. E. Pryse ◽  
L. Kersley
Keyword(s):  
Energy Distribution ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Plasma Flow ◽  
Plasma Temperature ◽  
Soft Particle ◽  
Polar Ionosphere ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Particle Precipitation ◽  
Cusp Region ◽  
Reconnection Site

Abstract. Observations by the EISCAT Svalbard radar in summer have revealed electron density enhancements in the magnetic noon sector under conditions of IMF Bz southward. The features were identified as possible candidates for polar-cap patches drifting anti-Sunward with the plasma flow. Supporting measurements by the EISCAT mainland radar, the CUTLASS radar and DMSP satellites, in a multi-instrument study, suggested that the origin of the structures lay upstream at lower latitudes, with the modulation in density being attributed to variability in soft-particle precipitation in the cusp region. It is proposed that the variations in precipitation may be linked to changes in the location of the reconnection site at the magnetopause, which in turn results in changes in the energy distribution of the precipitating particles.Key words: Ionosphere (ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions; plasma temperature and density; polar ionosphere)

scholarly journals Variations of topside ionospheric scale heights over Millstone Hill during the 30-day incoherent scatter radar experiment

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 2019-2027 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Liu ◽  
W. Wan ◽  
M.-L. Zhang ◽  
B. Ning ◽  
S.-R. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Plasma Temperature ◽  
Scale Height ◽  
Incoherent Scatter Radar ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Incoherent Scatter ◽  
Scatter Radar ◽  
Vertical Scale ◽  
Electron Density Profiles

Abstract. A 30-day incoherent scatter radar (ISR) experiment was conducted at Millstone Hill (288.5° E, 42.6° N) from 4 October to 4 November 2002. The altitude profiles of electron density Ne, ion and electron temperature (Ti and Te), and line-of-sight velocity during this experiment were processed to deduce the topside plasma scale height Hp, vertical scale height VSH, Chapman scale height Hm, ion velocity, and the relative altitude gradient of plasma temperature (dTp/dh)/Tp, as well as the F2 layer electron density (NmF2) and height (hmF2). These data are analyzed to explore the variations of the ionosphere over Millstone Hill under geomagnetically quiet and disturbed conditions. Results show that ionospheric parameters generally follow their median behavior under geomagnetically quiet conditions, while the main feature of the scale heights, as well as other parameters, deviated significantly from their median behaviors under disturbed conditions. The enhanced variability of ionospheric scale heights during the storm-times suggests that the geomagnetic activity has a major impact on the behavior of ionospheric scale heights, as well as the shape of the topside electron density profiles. Over Millstone Hill, the diurnal behaviors of the median VSH and Hm are very similar to each other and are not so tightly correlated with that of the plasma scale height Hp or the plasma temperature. The present study confirms the sensitivity of the ionospheric scale heights over Millstone Hill to thermal structure and dynamics. The values of VSH/Hp tend to decrease as (dTp/dh)/Tp becomes larger or the dynamic processes become enhanced.

Measurement of Dysprosium Stark Width and the Electron Impact Width Parameter

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jhonatha R. dos Santos ◽  
Jonas Jakutis Neto ◽  
N. Rodrigues ◽  
M.G. Destro ◽  
José W. Neri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Impact Parameter ◽  
Plasma Temperature ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Spectroscopic Methods ◽  
Species Concentration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stark Width

In this work, we suggest a methodology to determine the impact parameter for neutral dysprosium emission lines from the characterization of the plasma generated by laser ablation in a sealed chamber filled with argon. The procedure is a combination of known consistent spectroscopic methods for plasma temperature determination, electron density, and species concentration. With an electron density of 3.1 × 1018 cm–3 and temperature close to 104 K, we estimated the impact electron parameter for nine spectral lines of the neutral dysprosium atom. The gaps in the impact parameter data in the literature, mainly for heavy elements, stress the importance of the proposed method.

Optimization of distances between the target surface and focal point on spatially confined laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with a cylindrical cavity

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Guo ◽  
Junfeng Shao ◽  
Tingfeng Wang ◽  
Changbin Zheng ◽  
Anmin Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emission Spectroscopy ◽  
Optical Emission Spectroscopy ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy ◽  
Spatial Confinement ◽  
Laser Induced Plasma ◽  
Breakdown Spectroscopy ◽  
Laser Induced Breakdown

The spatial confinement effect in laser-induced plasma with different distances between the target surface and focal point is investigated by optical emission spectroscopy.

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