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Unipolar Arcing: A Basic Laser Damage Mechanism (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Schwirzke, F.

 
9781528420785: Unipolar Arcing: A Basic Laser Damage Mechanism (Classic Reprint)

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Unipolar arcing has been shown to be the primary plasma-surface interaction process when a laser produced plasma is in contact with a surface. Evidence of unipolar arcing was found on all targets irradiated at atmospheric pressure that also arced in vacuum, stainless steel, titanium, molybdenum, copper, and aluminum.

Cratering was observed even for a defocused and low - power laser pulse. The minimum laser power density required for the onset of breakdown on the surface is also sufficient to cause arc damage. Never was there a plasma evident without attendant unipolar arc craters. About are craters per cm:2 have been observed on laser illuminated metal surfaces although no external voltage is applied. Smaller size craters with a density of about 108/cm2 have been found on higher resistivity materials. The higher resistivity requires the radially inward surface return current to converge to a smaller cathode spot size to achieve sufficient power density to vaporize and ionize the material required for running the unipolar arc.

The local increase of the plasma pressure above the cathode spot leads to an electric field configuration which drives the arc current and also facilitates the return current flow to the surface and cathode spot.

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