Eur. Phys. J. D 37, 209-215 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00285-3

Study of Mn laser ablation in methane atmosphere

Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 304, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Corresponding author: ^a slobodan@ifs.hr

Received: 8 September 2004
Revised: 4 July 2005
Published online: 25 October 2005

Abstract

Laser ablation of Mn target in vacuum and in the presence of CH₄ was studied under 308 nm laser irradiation. Time-resolved emission using gated detection and scanning monochromator and absorption using the cavity ring-down spectroscopy were used to study vaporized plume. In the CH₄ atmosphere we observed transitions identified as C₂ and MnH bands, while these spectral features were not detected in emission spectra. This is a clear evidence of importance in combining both spectroscopic techniques in laser vaporized plume study.