Kinetics of Laser Induced Plasma on an Aqueous Surface

Abstract

Emission spectra of MgI and MgII from a plasma induced by the interaction of a laser pulse with the surface of aqueous solutions of MgCl2, were recorded by a time resolved spectroscopy method to obtain information on the processes involved in the formation and the evolution of the two different species. A kinetic model based on ion-electron recombination produced during the relaxation of the plasma is constructed with the aim to explain the origin and the temporal shift of observed Mg+ and Mg emissions. Comparison with the experimental results is presented and discussed.