Published February 15, 1981
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Journal article
Storage of ions from laser-produced plasmas
Creators
- 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Description
A laser-produced plasma has been shown to be an effective means of producing metal ions, which are subsequently stored in an ion trap. The output from a Nd:YAG laser is focused onto targets, including Be, C, Al, Fe, and Pb, at the edge of an electrostatic ion trap. Typically 2 x 108 ions are trapped with storage times greater than 100 msec. Only singly charged ions are observed. The ion trap used for this work is a novel electrostatic trap having a harmonic axial potential. Properties of the plasma are measured by using the trap as a Langmuir probe
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Appl. Phys. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Appl. Phys. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 221-223
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12606169
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALUMINIUM; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; BERYLLIUM; CARBON; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; FERRITE GARNETS; FOCUSING; IONS; IRON; LANGMUIR PROBE; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; LEAD; NEODYMIUM LASERS; TARGETS; TRAPPING; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; AMPLIFIERS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC PROBES; ELEMENTS; LASERS; METALS; MINERALS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLASMA; PROBES; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS