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The ecologically best way to produce nanoparticles (NP) is based on laser ablation in liquid (LAL). In the considered here case the LAL means that a gold target is irradiated through transparent water. During and after irradiation the…
Here, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time we report the in-depth experimental study of high ultrafast laser ablation efficiency for processing of copper and steel with single-pulses, MHz-, GHz- and burst in the burst (biburst)…
A low temperature oven has been developed to produce calcium beam with Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS). The atom flux from the oven has been studied experimentally as a function of the temperature and the angle of emission…
Melting experiments require rapid data acquisition due to instabilities of the molten sample and optical drifting due to the high required laser power. In this work, the melting curve of zirconium has been determined for the first time up…
The results of the experiments on recording hard gamma radiation and measurements of its angular distribution at the initial stage of a laboratory high-voltage atmospheric discharge are presented. The experiments were performed on an ERG…
We carry out simulations of laser plasmas generated during UV nanosecond pulsed laser ablation of the chalcogens selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te), and compare the results to experiments. We take advantage of a 2D-axisymmetric, adaptive…
Ion energy distributions have been determined at the rf-bias electrode in an inductively-coupled acetylene-argon plasma for various substrate bias voltages and frequencies under conditions suitable for film deposition. These are compared…
Axial emission profiles in a parallel plate dc micro discharge (feedgas: argon; discharge gap d=1mm; pressure p=10Torr) were studied by means of time resolved imaging with a fast ICCD camera. Additionally, volt-ampere (V-A) characteristics…
We at RRCAT have recently developed high power laser diodes in the wavelength range of 740 to 1000 nm. A typical semiconductor laser structure is consisted of about 10 epilayers with different composition, thickness and doping values. For…
Absorption covers the physical processes which convert intense photon flux into energetic particles when a high-power laser illuminates optically-thick matter. It underpins important petawatt-scale applications today, e.g., medical-quality…
Atmospheric pressure arcs have recently found application in the production of nanoparticles. Distinguishing features of such arcs are small length and hot ablating anode characterized by intensive electron emission and radiation from its…
Stainless steel particles (60 $\mu$m in mean diameter) cladded with an alumina shell (2 $\mu$m thick and manufactured by mechanofusion) were sprayed with an Ar-H2 (53-7 slm) d.c. plasma jet (I = 500 A, P = 28 kW, \rho_th = 56 %). Two main…
Trapped-ion technology is a leading approach for scalable quantum computing. A key element of ion trapping is reliable loading of atomic sources into the trap. While thermal atomic ovens have traditionally been used for this purpose, laser…
The energy distribution functions of ions in the cathodic arc plasma using composite AlCr cathodes were measured as a function of the background gas pressure in the range 0.5 to 3.5 Pa for different cathode compositions and gas atmospheres.…
A new comprehensive study on the Cs${_2}$ZrCl${_6}$ (CZC) crystal scintillating properties under different types of irradiation was performed over a wide temperature range from 5 to 300 K. The light yield (LY) at room temperature (RT),…
We present the design of ATJ graphite rods developed for ablation experiments under high heat flux (up to 50 MW/m2) in the lower divertor of the DIII-D tokamak [1], a magnetic plasma confinement device. This work is motivated by the need to…
The effects of ultra-short laser pulses on reactive Ti/Al nano-layered thin film were investigated. The thin film composed of alternated titanium and aluminium nano-layers, was deposited by ion-sputtering. Single pulse irradiation was…
Ultrafast lattice deformation of tens to hundreds of nanometer thick metallic crystals, after femtosecond laser excitation, was measured directly using 8.04 keV subpicosecond x-ray and 59 keV femtosecond electron pulses. Coherent phonons…
In this study, a novel method for simulating plasma dynamics using parallel programming has been developed. The equations based on Particle-in-Cell (PIC) method were utilized and adapted for this purpose. We utilized 35 processors from…
Quantum cascade lasers are of high interest in the scientific community due to unique applications utilizing the emission in mid-IR range. The possible designs of QCL are quite limited and require careful engineering to overcome some…