Onset of crater formation during short pulse laser ablation

J. Maul, Ilya Strashnov, S. Karpuk, P. Bernhard, A. Oelsner, G. Schönhense, G. Huber

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Abstract

We report morphologic changes of metallic surfaces at the onset of ablation, starting from gentle ablation to the emergence of ablation craters. The evolution of both observed melting zones and of ablation craters therein are investigated in dependence of the ablation laser fluence for nanosecond ultraviolet laser pulses. Further, consequences of crater formation for cluster synthesis within the released atomic vapor are pointed out.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43–47
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Physics A
Volume82
Early online date15 Nov 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jan 2006

Keywords

  • melting zone
  • crater formation
  • target spot
  • ablation crater
  • morphologic surface change

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