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Laser-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been used to probe laser-ablation products from a nitrogen-rich polymer at a wavelength of 308 nm. The ablation products at a laser fluence of 150 mJ/cm2 showed, similar to 532 nm ablation studied previously [18], two strong peaks due to neutral species that were assigned to C+ and CN+, as well as several weak peaks that were assigned to CH+, HCN+, HCNH+, HnN−CN+ (n=1–3), and H2N−C=N−CN+ or H2N−C=N−CN+. The ablation products at 870 mJ/cm2 revealed, in addition to a broad signal due to ionic products generated directly by the ablation laser, several peaks due to neutral products that were assigned to C+, C +2 , C +3 , CN+, HCN+, HCNH+, and NCCN+. The most probable flight velocities for major neutral products are 5.7×104 cm/s at 150 mJ/cm2 and 2.3–2.7×104 cm/s at 870 mJ/cm2. The results at a laser fluence of 150 mJ/cm2 support the finding that the translational energy of the tragments has importance for the collision-induced product generation in the laser plume, as suggested earlier [18]. Furthermore, the product generation at 870 mJ/cm2 is interpreted by the ejection of small neutral and ionic fragments, and subsequent reactions among the fragments.
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Kokai, F., Kakudate, Y., Togashi, H. et al. XeCl-laser-generated ablation products from a nitrogen-rich polymer studied by laser-ionization mass spectrometry. Appl. Phys. A 60, 31–34 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01577609
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