Indexed by:Journal Papers

Date of Publication:2015-11-01

Journal:PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:17

Issue:11

Page Number:958-963

ISSN No.:1009-0630

Key Words:carbon cluster; plasma-facing component (PFC); laser ablation; TOF mass spectrometry; graphite

Abstract:In this work, a time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer has been used to investigate the distribution of intermediate species and formation process of carbon clusters. The graphite sample was ablated by Nd:YAG laser (532 nm and 1064 nm). The results indicate that the maximum size distribution shifted towards small cluster ions as the laser fluence increased, which happened because of the fragmentation of larger clusters in the hot plume. The temporal evolution of ions was measured by varying the delay time of the ion extraction pulse with respect to the laser irradiation, which was used to provide distribution information of the species in the ablated plasma plume. When the laser fluence decreased, the yield of all of the clusters obviously dropped.