Journal article
Observation of negative alkali ions from alkali halides during 248-nm laser irradiation
Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, Vol.92(4), pp.1025-1030
09/2008
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113057
Abstract
Below laser fluences where a plasma is formed (the so-called plasma or plume formation threshold) a number of fundamental phenomena can occur where particles such as atomic and molecular ions, atoms and molecular neutrals, and electrons can be emitted. An understanding of such processes is necessary to develop predictive models for material removal from laser irradiated surfaces—at the foundation of laser etching, machining, and pulsed laser deposition. We have reported on a number of the mechanisms for such emission processes. Here, due to space limitations, we present a summary of our studies on the formation of negative alkali ions from single crystal KCl during exposure to pulsed 248-nm radiation at fluences well below the threshold for plasma formation. Despite the high electron affinities of the corresponding halogen atoms, negative halogen ions were not detected. Significantly, the positive and negative alkali ion distributions overlap strongly in time and space, consistent with K formation by the sequential attachment of two electrons to K+. Negative alkali ions are also observed under comparable conditions from LiF, NaCl, and KBr. In each material, the strong overlap between the positive and negative alkali ion distributions, and the lack of detected negative halogen ions, suggest that negative ion formation involves a similar mechanism.
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- Title
- Observation of negative alkali ions from alkali halides during 248-nm laser irradiation
- Creators
- J Dickinson - Department of Physics and Astronomy Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-2814 USA
- Contributors
- Boris Luk'yanchuk (Editor)Saulius Juodkazis (Editor)Thomas Lippert (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, Vol.92(4), pp.1025-1030
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy, Department of
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag; Berlin/Heidelberg
- Identifiers
- 99900547327801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article