Outside Front Cover: With the continuous development of pulsed laser deposition as a versatile technique for the deposition of complex thin films, there is need for a better understanding of the role and control of deposition parameters. The novel implementation of floating regime of the Langmuir probe technique, coupled with angular and time‐resolved measurements during laser ablation of an Ag target, revealed the structuring of the plasma plume, which was controlled through N2 addition. The increase in the background gas pressure lead to the confinement and faster thermalization of the plasma. Optical emission spectroscopy investigations showed the presence of excited Ag and N atoms, as well as multiple charged Ag ions, each Ag species characterizing a plasma structure with unique kinetic and thermal properties.

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封面正面图片：等离子工艺。Polym。11/2020

外部前盖：随着脉冲激光沉积技术作为一种复杂薄膜沉积的通用技术的不断发展，需要更好地了解沉积参数的作用和控制。Langmuir探针技术的浮动方案的新颖实现，再加上激光烧蚀Ag目标期间的角度和时间分辨测量，揭示了等离子体羽的结构，该结构通过添加N2来控制。背景气压的增加导致等离子体的限制和更快的热化。光学发射光谱研究表明存在激发的Ag和N原子，以及多个带电的Ag离子，每个Ag物种都具有具有独特动力学和热学性质的等离子体结构。