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Vaporization, Plasma Formation

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Subsequently, we consider mainly quasi-stationary interaction processes with laser-beam dwell times of 100 ns and longer. The laser-light intensity shall be so high that significant material vaporization takes place and a dense vapor plume is formed (Fig. 11.0.1). With increasing laser-light intensities, an increasing fraction of vapor-phase species becomes ionized. In this stage, one talks about a laser-induced plasma. The vapor-/plasma-plume consists of electrons, atoms/ions, molecules and clusters.

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Bäuerle, D. (2011). Vaporization, Plasma Formation. In: Laser Processing and Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17613-5_11

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