Optical Multichannel Imaging of Pulsed Laser Deposition of ZnO

Pulsed laser deposition is an efficient technique to obtain stoichiometric material transfer from target to substrate and has been used by researchers and in industry for depositing materials for use in applications ranging from hard coatings and superconductors to optical materials. The images detailed here will demonstrate the unique plume evolution that occurs and the high-speed ionic species, and slow-speed neutral and molecular species that travel from target material to substrate.