• DocumentCode
    1120872
  • Title

    7A2 - Ion emission from laser irradiated tungsten

  • Author

    Bernal, E. ; Ready, J.F. ; Levine, L.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Honeywell Corporate Research Center, Hopkins, Minn.
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    9/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    480
  • Lastpage
    482
  • Abstract
    The masses, energies, and numbers of ions emitted by a tungsten surface upon irradiation with a laser beam have been studied using a time-of-flight spectrometer. For light fluxes of 20 to 70 MW/cm2the ion emission consists primarily of adsorbed species. Ion energies up to 180 eV have been measured. It is shown that inverse Bremsstrahlung cannot account for the high energies observed.
  • Keywords
    Energy measurement; Gas lasers; Ion emission; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy; Surface emitting lasers; Tungsten;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1966.1074094
  • Filename
    1074094