| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 167, 2018
Plasma Physics by Laser and Applications (PPLA 2017)
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| Article Number | 03003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Laser Plasma Diagnostics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201816703003 | |
| Published online | 09 January 2018 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201816703003
Photoionized plasmas induced in molecular gases by extreme ultraviolet and X-ray pulses
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
* Corresponding author: andrzej.bartnik@wat.edu.pl
Published online: 9 January 2018
In this work a laser-produced plasma (LPP) source was used to create low temperature plasmas. An extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray (EUV/SXR) radiation pulse was used for ionization of molecular gases, injected into a vacuum chamber synchronously with the EUV/SXR pulse. Energies of photons exceeding 100 eV were sufficient for dissociative ionization, ionization of atoms or even ions. The resulting photoelectrons had also enough energy for further ionizations or excitations. Time resolved UV/VIS spectra, corresponding to single charged ions, molecules and molecular ions, were recorded. For spectral lines, corresponding to radiative transitions in F II and S II ions, electron temperature was calculated based on a Boltzmann plot method. Numerical simulations of the molecular spectra were fitted to the experimental spectra allowing for determination of vibrational and rotational temperatures.
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