edited by Santo Gammino (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud-INFN, Italy) , Angela Maria Mezzasalma (University of Messina, Italy) , Fortunato Neri (University of Messina, Italy) , & Lorenzo Torrisi (University of Messina, Italy)

This volume concerns the latest results on pulsed plasma production by energetic laser pulses irradiating solid targets. The produced plasma emits neutrals, clusters, ions, electrons and photons. Plasma properties depend on the laser pulse duration, energy, wavelength, focusing, target nature and irradiation conditions. Plasma expands in vacuum with supersonic velocity and may accelerate heavy ions, with charge states higher than 50+, at energies higher than 10 MeV. This book presents and discusses possible applications, such as ion injection in ECR ion sources, ion implantation, ion post-acceleration and thin film deposition by the PLD technique.

The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:

• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings)

• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

• CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences

• Experiments on the Laser Injection to ECRIS (G Arzumanyan et al.)
• Pulsed Laser Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon Films in Different Ambient Atmospheres (M Bonelli et al.)
• Pulsed Laser Deposition of Crystalline Silicon Carbide Films (R Reitano et al.)
• Microscopic Description of Energy Production (A Bonasera)
• Laser-Produced Ions for Various Applications (L Láska et al.)
• Diagnostics for Laser Ion Sources (J Krása et al.)
• Temperature Measurements by Maxwell–Boltzmann Distribution of a Plasma-Laser and Characterization of the Ion Bean (V Nassisi et al.)
• Flexible Laser Ion Sources for Surface Modification (F P Boody et al.)
• Aluminium Laser Ablation for Plasma Production (A Piccioto et al.)
• The Role of Secondary Electron Emission on the ECR Plasma (L Schachter et al.)
• Multiple Ion Implantation Effects on Wear and Wet Ability of Polyethylene Based Polymers (L Torrisi et al.)
• and other papers