Surface properties of graphite and LaB6 materials used for laser heated emissive probe diagnostic

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作者
Mehta, P. [1 ]
Sarma, A. [2 ]
Sivagami, A. D. [2 ]
HariPrakash, N. [2 ]
Gopi, S. [3 ]
Sarma, B. [2 ]
Ghosh, J. [4 ]
机构
[1] Venus Int Coll Technol, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
[2] VIT Univ, SAS, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Rd, Madras 600127, Tamil Nadu, India
[3] Indian Inst Technol Gandhinagar, Dept Elect Engn, Ahmadabad 382424, Gujarat, India
[4] Inst Plasma Res, Gandhinagar 382428, Gujarat, India
关键词
Laser heated; Emissive; Material; Surface; EDAX analysis; Image; WORK-FUNCTIONS; GRAPHENE;
D O I
10.1007/s12648-016-0907-9
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Laser heated emissive probe (LHEP) has been used as an alternative diagnostics to measure direct plasma potential. In this case, surface properties of LHEP materials have been studied before and after exposing it to high power laser. A high density small diameter (0.5 mm) laser light of variable power density is used to heat the probe tip. Two types of probe tip material are used in this experiment, viz, Graphite (Coarse grain and HOPG) and LaB6. Purity of material is dependent on the constituents of the same. Surface properties of these materials before and after laser exposure and plasma conditions have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. In order to achieve higher sensitivity on carbon surface and other layers the low-energy probing (similar to 1.0 keV), the energy dispersive spectroscopy is used. Data of the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy allows us to obtain the structure of the materials as well as different elements present in these materials. To understand the surface morphology more critically, open source software named Gwyddion (version 2.35) has been used for processing of the SEM images. The 3-D visualization of the probe tip at different experimental conditions has been made using the Interactive 3-D surface plot plug-in of Gwyddion. Optical properties are also analyzed using diffusion reflectance spectroscopy and from which band gap energy of the same has been estimated.
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