An ultrafast thermal emission spectrometer for investigating temporal thermal emission of metal thin-films and their reactive derivatives

An experimental system was constructed for studying the reaction of nanolaminate thermites in both the temporal and spectral domains. 1mJ pulses from a Ti:Sapphire laser, stretched to 10ps, were focused onto sample films affixed to glass slides. The emission generated by the ablation of the films was collected and focused into a spectrograph and subsequently directed into a Hamamatsu C4334 streak device. It was found that this system was capable of providing spectral and temporal information from the emission of ablated metal and thermite nanolaminate films over a timescales ranging from tens of nanoseconds to milliseconds.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Moore, Alexander Knight

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dlott, Dana D.

• thermite
• emission

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Alexander Moore

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101565

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/101565