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Cu3O7, using a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is investigated by time-resolved emission-spectroscopic techniques at various laser irradiances. It is observed that beyond a laser irradiance of 2.6×1011 W cm-2, the ejected plume collectively drifts away from the target with a sharp increase in velocity to 1.25×106 cm s-1, which is twice its velocity observed at lower laser irradiances. This sudden drift apparently occurs as a result of the formation of a charged double layer at the external plume boundary. This diffusion is collective, that is, the electrons and ions inside the plume diffuse together simultaneously and hence it is similar to the ambipolar diffusion of charged particles in a discharge plasma.
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Received: 30 January 1998/Revised version: 12 June 1998
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Issac, R., Varier, G., Harilal, S. et al. Collective behavior of laser-produced plasma from a multicomponent YBa2Cu3O7 target in air . Appl Phys B 67, 647–651 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050560
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050560