Electron temperature and electron number density measurements in laser ablation Z-pinch experiments of Al2O3

Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) plasma was generated using the Ti:Sapphire/Nd:glass laser and Z-pinch pulse-power generator at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Terawatt Facility. To determine the electron temperature, we use the Boltzmann plot method for the transitions (Al III 4d 2D3/2 → 4p 2P1/2) at...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2019-08, Vol.26 (8)
Main Authors: Dutra, E. C., Koch, J. A., Presura, R., Wiewior, P., Covington, A. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum oxide
Density
Electron energy
Glass lasers
Laser ablation
Laser interferometry
Lasers
Neodymium lasers
Plasma
Plasma physics
Sapphire
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Summary:Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) plasma was generated using the Ti:Sapphire/Nd:glass laser and Z-pinch pulse-power generator at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Terawatt Facility. To determine the electron temperature, we use the Boltzmann plot method for the transitions (Al III 4d 2D3/2 → 4p 2P1/2) at 451.2564 nm, (Al III 4d 2D5/2 → 4p 2P3/2) at 452.9194 nm, (Al III 4p 2P3/2 → 4s 2S1/2) at 569.6603, and (Al III 4p 2P1/2 → 4s 2S1/2) at 572.2728 nm. Simultaneously, Mach–Zehnder laser interferometry was used to measure the electron number density. We compared simulated spectra obtained from PrismSPECT with electron number density and temperature measurements, and the electron temperature was found to range from 1.8 to 2.8 eV, while the electron number density was found to range from 2.3 × 1017 to 6.9 × 1017 cm−3 early in the pinched plasma formation.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.5081152