%0 Journal Article
%K Target
%K Temperature
%K USA
%K Emission
%K System
%K Ablation
%K Laser
%K Laser ablation
%K Laser ablation
%K Spectroscopy
%K P
%K Time
%K Ca
%K Composition
%K Plasma
%K Atomic emission
%K Number
%K Alloy
%K Mechanism
%K Mechanisms
%K Systems
%K Electron number densities
%K Plasmas
%K Density
%K Targets
%K Aluminum
%K Electron
%K Electron number density
%K Number density
%K Spectra
%K Spectrum
%K Laser-induced plasma
%K Laser-induced plasma
%K Laser-induced plasmas
%K Results
%K Irradiation
%K Laser irradiation
%K Plasma formation
%K Laser plasma
%K Quasicrystal
%K Emission spectrum
%K Emission-spectra
%K Emission spectrum
%K Formation mechanism
%K La
%K Plasma spectroscopy
%A Mauro Satta
%A Xianzhong Zeng
%A Xianglei Mao
%A Samuel S Mao
%A Richard E Russo
%A Anna Giardini Guidoni
%A Aldo Mele
%B Applied Spectroscopy
%D 2003
%F Laser
%G eng
%N 7
%P 737-743
%T Laser plasma spectroscopy of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal and alloy
%V 57
%2 LBNL-53270
%8 07/2003
%! Appl Spectrosc.
%X <p>Electron number density and temperature were determined from laser-induced plasmas produced by irradiating Al-Cu-Fe targets of a quasicrystal and of an alloy of similar composition. The Al(I) atomic emission spectra of the two systems were measured as a function of the distance from the target and of the time delay after laser irradiation. Differences of plasma characteristics were o served for laser ablation of quasicrystal and alloy targets, and the results were interpreted on the basis of different plasma formation mechanisms for the two systems</p>