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The plasma was produced by focusing Nd-YAG laser pulses of 1064-nm wavelength and 10-ns duration onto a copper target. A time-resolving plane Langmuir probe was used to record the electron and ion currents during the plasma expansion in vacuum. The Langmuir probe theory was used to determine the temporal variation of the plasma potential, electron temperature, and ion density. At the time of maximum...