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Mass Spectrometric Studies of the Interaction of Laser Beams with Solids

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Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena

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When a solid is irradiated in vacuo by a focused laser beam, intense pulses of electrons, positive ions, and neutral species are observed. The mass and kinetic energy of the latter two types of particles can be determined in a mass spectrometer of suitable design, such as a time-of-flight instrument or a double-focusing spectrometer. This paper reviews the work done since 1963 in many laboratories with normal-mode lasers and Q-switched lasers on a variety of samples, including many elements and compounds.

This paper is based on a lecture given at a Summer Workshop “Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena,” Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, June 1969.

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    Heinrich Hora (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics) (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics)

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Honig, R.E. (1971). Mass Spectrometric Studies of the Interaction of Laser Beams with Solids. In: Schwarz, H.J., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0901-7_4

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