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I'm working on a personal project trying to figure out if lasers can be effectively used to generate plasma from a gas at specific rates.
As part of this, I assumed that most of the ionization would take place because of the laser photons rather than the power generated by the laser. Working with this assumption, I'm now trying to figure out if there can be any direct ionization or stepwise ionization (from electron/ion impact) as a result of the photoionization. If so, how do you predict the percentage of each type of ionization?I've tried to look through a lot of textbooks and other sources, but haven't been able to find photoionization in combination with direct and/or stepwise ionization. This is my last ditch effort. I'll have to go with other assumptions if this theory doesn't pan out.
Please help!
Note: So far I'm haven't considered ionization equilibrium, so recombination doesn't factor in yet.
As part of this, I assumed that most of the ionization would take place because of the laser photons rather than the power generated by the laser. Working with this assumption, I'm now trying to figure out if there can be any direct ionization or stepwise ionization (from electron/ion impact) as a result of the photoionization. If so, how do you predict the percentage of each type of ionization?I've tried to look through a lot of textbooks and other sources, but haven't been able to find photoionization in combination with direct and/or stepwise ionization. This is my last ditch effort. I'll have to go with other assumptions if this theory doesn't pan out.
Please help!
Note: So far I'm haven't considered ionization equilibrium, so recombination doesn't factor in yet.
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