1. Photo-excited desorption of multi-component systems: Application to chalcogenide glasses
- Author
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Michael Ziskind, Virginie Nazabal, C. Mihesan, Cristian Focsa, Silviu Gurlui, Hassina Zeghlache, B. Chazallon, Frédéric Smektala, Gilbert Martinelli, and Marie Guignard
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Chalcogenide ,Thermal desorption spectroscopy ,Analytical chemistry ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,General Chemistry ,Knudsen layer ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Mass spectrometry ,Soft laser desorption ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Desorption ,Mass spectrum ,Time-of-flight mass spectrometry - Abstract
This work presents a laser desorption study of Ga 5 Ge 20 Sb 10 S 65 chalcogenide glasses. The desorption products have been analyzed by UV multi-photon ionization and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Desorption mechanisms and plume dynamics have been investigated by studying the desorption products velocity distribution profiles in the frame of a Knudsen layer model. A peculiar behavior (broadening of the mass spectral lines) of the Ga component was found at high desorption–ionization delays and a tentative explanation has been proposed, based on the very different thermal properties of the sample constituents.
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- 2005