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The electron temperature of the plasma formed during pulsed laser deposition of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O target was measured using Langmuir probe. The main parameters of the experiment were as follows: The distance of the probe from the target was in the range of (4-6) mm, the basic working pressure was 2×10−3 Pa and the planar pulse energy density of laser beam was approximately 8 J/cm2. The obtained values of electron temperature were in the range of (1.0-2.5) eV. Presented results are discussed from the point of view of different theories of plasma splitting.
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Wild, J., Kudrna, P., Gronych, T. et al. Langmuir Probe Measurement of the Electron Temperature in the Plasma Plume Formed by Pulsed Laser Deposition of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 53, 171–177 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022343404173
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