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
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