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Langmuir probe studies of laser ablated ruby plasma and correlation with pulsed laser deposited ruby thin film properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2014

Satchi Kumari  and
Alika Khare
Satchi Kumari
Affiliation:
Laser and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
Alika Khare*
Affiliation:
Laser and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Alika Khare, Laser and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, India. E-mail: alika@iitg.ernet.in
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Abstract

In the present paper, measurement of various plasma parameters during pulsed laser deposition of ruby thin film on quartz substrate is reported. The variation of electron temperature and ion density with laser fluence and ambient pressure is recorded via Langmuir probe technique. The structural and optical properties of ruby thin films were analyzed using photo-luminescence and atomic force microscopy, and then correlated with the plasma parameters to find optimum conditions for deposition of high quality ruby thin film.

Keywords

Laser ablationLangmuir probeRuby (Al2O3:Cr3+)Thin filmPulsed laser deposition

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 359 - 367
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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