Complementary Characterization of Laser-Induced Plasmas by Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Triple Langmuir Probe

In this article, we study the temporal evolution of the electron density and temperature of carbon laser-produced plasmas (LPP) using a combination of optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and the triple Langmuir probe (TLP) method. OES has been widely used to characterize LPPs but it is limited to di...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2019-12, Vol.47 (12), p.5299-5305
Main Authors: Martinez-Fuentes, Marco Antonio, Sanchez-Ake, Citlali, Herrera-Velazquez, J. Julio E., Villagran-Muniz, Mayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon lasers
Density
Density measurement
Electron density
Electron energy
Emission analysis
Emission spectroscopy
Laser plasmas
Laser-induced plasmas
Lasers
Line spectra
Optical emission spectroscopy
optical emission spectroscopy (OES)
Plasma
Plasma measurements
Plasma temperature
Plasmas
Probe method (forecasting)
Radiative recombination
Spectrum analysis
Temperature measurement
triple Langmuir probe (TLP)
Vacuum chambers
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Summary:In this article, we study the temporal evolution of the electron density and temperature of carbon laser-produced plasmas (LPP) using a combination of optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and the triple Langmuir probe (TLP) method. OES has been widely used to characterize LPPs but it is limited to distances relatively close to the target. On the other hand, the main advantage of TLP over the single-probe method is that it allows to obtain simultaneous measurements of electron temperature (T e ) and density (Ne), without any voltage sweeping. In this article, we compare both techniques; measurements by OES were performed at distances from the target 5 cm. The plasma was generated by focusing nanosecond laser pulses onto a high purity graphite target placed inside a vacuum chamber. Our results show that the values of T e measured using both techniques predict decreasing exponential behavior. Ne determined by the spectral line Stark broadening in OES (5 cm). This difference in the electron density can be explained by radiative recombination and the presence of different kinds of plasma species detected by the TLP technique. The results show that both methods are complementary and their combination can be used to characterize LPP in a wide range of distances and timescales.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2019.2951392