Plasma emission characteristics in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of silicon with mid-infrared, multi-millijoule, nanosecond laser pulses from a Ho:YLF excitation source

Rotem Kupfer; Hernan J. Quevedo; Herbie L. Smith; Thanh N. Ha; Andrew Yandow; Ganesh Tiwari; C. Grant Richmond; Li Fang; B. Manuel Hegelich

doi:10.1364/AO.58.004592

Applied Optics
Vol. 58,
Issue 17,
pp. 4592-4598
(2019)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.004592

Plasma emission characteristics in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of silicon with mid-infrared, multi-millijoule, nanosecond laser pulses from a Ho:YLF excitation source

Rotem Kupfer, Hernan J. Quevedo, Herbie L. Smith, Thanh N. Ha, Andrew Yandow, Ganesh Tiwari, C. Grant Richmond, Li Fang, and B. Manuel Hegelich

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Rotem Kupfer, Hernan J. Quevedo, Herbie L. Smith, Thanh N. Ha, Andrew Yandow, Ganesh Tiwari, C. Grant Richmond, Li Fang, and B. Manuel Hegelich, "Plasma emission characteristics in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of silicon with mid-infrared, multi-millijoule, nanosecond laser pulses from a Ho:YLF excitation source," Appl. Opt. 58, 4592-4598 (2019)

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- Original Manuscript: March 11, 2019
- Revised Manuscript: May 8, 2019
- Manuscript Accepted: May 13, 2019
- Published: June 4, 2019

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Abstract

We characterized the plasma emission produced by the interaction of multi-millijoule, 40 ns duration, mid-infrared laser pulses with a silicon surface. The laser pulses were produced by a $Q$ -switched Ho:YLF master oscillator power amplifier system. Using spectral measurements and a framing camera, we observed a spatial separation of the plasma plume, increased emission signal with low white-light generation, and a drop in the time- and space-averaged apparent plasma density with increasing pump energy. Our results can be explained by continuous heating of the plasma by the pump pulse due to the more efficient inverse bremsstrahlung absorption at longer wavelengths.

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$λ_{i j}$ (nm)	Species	$E_{j}$ (eV)	$A_{i j}$ ( $s^{- 1}$ )	$g_{j}$
207.27	Si I	6.7606	$4.59 \times 10^{5}$	1
212.29	Si I	6.6192	$3.57 \times 10^{7}$	3
221.39	Si I	5.6169	$4.54 \times 10^{7}$	15
243.51	Si I	5.8708	$4.43 \times 10^{7}$	3
251.74	Si I	4.942	$2.21 \times 10^{8}$	9
253.23	Si I	6.8031	$2.45 \times 10^{7}$	3
288.15	Si I	5.0823	$2.17 \times 10^{8}$	3
298.76	Si I	4.9296	$1.34 \times 10^{6}$	3
390.55	Si I	5.0823	$1.33 \times 10^{7}$	3
585.91	Si I	7.0693	$1.24 \times 10^{5}$	5
320.79	Si II	13.935	$5.31 \times 10^{- 1}$	10
333.75	Si II	13.785	$1 \times 10^{- 1}$	2
412.97	Si II	12.839	$1.68 \times 10^{8}$	14
462.16	Si II	15.207	$1.37 \times 10^{- 1}$	14
505.73	Si II	12.525	$1.45 \times 10^{0}$	6

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