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The onset of CO2 laser-induced breakdown has been observed by irradiating several polyatomic species (SiH4, NH3, hydrocarbons, fluorohydrocarbons) at a wavelength resonant with an IR active vibration. Primary fragmentation and subsequent ion and radical secondary reactions have been monitored detecting the spontaneous luminescence with a gateable optical multichannel analyser. The resonant laser-induced processes can be of importance in etching reactors where hydrocarbons and fluoro-hydrocarbons are commonly used, as well as in laser chemical vapour deposition reactors for the production of sinterable Si3N4 and SiC powders.
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Fantoni, R., Borsella, E., Caneve, L. et al. Resonant CO2 laser-induced breakdown in polyatomic molecules. Il Nuovo Cimento D 11, 479–486 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02450995
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