Ablation of metals by ultrashort laser pulses
Abstract
Ablation of metal targets by Ti:sapphire laser radiation is studied. The ablation depth per pulse is measured for laser pulse durations between 150 fs and 30 ps and fluences ranging from the ablation threshold ∼0.1 J/cm2 up to 10 J/cm2. Two different ablation regimes are observed for the first time. In both cases the ablation depth per pulse depends logarithmically on the laser fluence. A simple theoretical model for a qualitative description of the experimental results is presented.
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The influence of laser fluence can be explained starting from the well-established model for material processing in air.
“Its influence can be explained starting from the wellestablished model for material processing in air.101,102”
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The logarithmic dependence of ablation rate on laser fluence is also known for laser ablation in a gaseous environment.
“The logarithmic dependence is also known for laser ablation in a gaseous environment [91,92,93,94,95].”
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The ablation rate becomes independent from the optical penetration depths at longer pulse durations due to the more thermal ablation mechanism.
“In addition, the ablation rate becomes independent from the optical penetration depths at these longer pulse durations due to the more thermal ablation mechanism [94].”
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- Authors
- Nolte, S., Momma, C., Jacobs, H., Tünnermann, A., Chichkov, B. N., Wellegehausen, B., & Welling, H.
- Affiliations
- Laser Zentrum Hannover (DE)
- Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
- Venue
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 1997-10-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2716
- ISSN
- 0740-3224 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-8540
- OpenAlex
- W2105933272
- Cited by
- 1,146
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 14.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Laser Material Processing Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
- Keywords
- laser ablation, metal targets, ultrashort laser pulses, Ti:sapphire laser, ablation depth, laser fluence dependence, ablation threshold, ablation regimes
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