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Particle distribution in transient plasmas generated by ns-laser ablation on ternary metallic alloys

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Understanding the fundamental mechanisms behind industrial laser-based technologies represents one the cornerstones of the development and tailoring of new materials. With the thin-film deposition using laser ablation being one of the most important techniques for obtaining complex materials with controllable stoichiometry, there is a high request for both experimental and theoretical studies towards understanding the behavior of multi-component alloys under high-power laser irradiation. Here we investigate the laser ablation process on two ternary metallic alloys (Cu–Mn–Al and Fe–Mn–Si) by means of space-and time-resolved optical emission spectroscopy and fast camera imaging with the focus being on the spatial distribution of each composing element. Information regarding the kinetic and thermal energy of the ejected particles is extracted and discussed in the framework of an inner structuring of the laser-produced plasmas based on a mass and energy distribution. The hypothesis is then verified by implementing a fractal analysis to the multi-component plasmas. The theoretical fractal approach offers results in good agreement with the experimental data gives important insight in the inner dynamics of complex laser-produced plasmas.

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This work has been funded by the National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation in the framework of Nucleus Program—16N/2019

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  1. National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics-NILPRP, 409 Atomistilor Street, Bucharest, Romania

    Stefan Andrei Irimiciuc

  2. Faculty of Physics, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, 11 Carol I Blvd, 700506, Iasi, Romania

    Silviu Gurlui

  3. Department of Physics, “Gh. Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 700050, Iasi, Romania

    Maricel Agop

  4. Romanian Scientists Academy, 54 Splaiul Independentei, 050094, Bucharest, Romania

    Maricel Agop

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Irimiciuc, S.A., Gurlui, S. & Agop, M. Particle distribution in transient plasmas generated by ns-laser ablation on ternary metallic alloys. Appl. Phys. B 125, 190 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-019-7302-0

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