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Computer simulation and experimental benchmarking of ultrashort pulse laser ablation of metallic targets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2018

Anastassiya Suslova ,
Ahmed Elsied  and
Ahmed Hassanein
Anastassiya Suslova*
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment (CMUXE), School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Ahmed Elsied
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment (CMUXE), School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Ahmed Hassanein
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment (CMUXE), School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
*
Author for correspondence: A. Suslova, Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment (CMUXE), School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, E-mail: asuslova@purdue.edu, phone +1 765-409-6911
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Abstract

Integrated simulation results of femtosecond laser ablation of copper were compared with new experimental data. The numerical analysis was performed using our newly developed FEMTO-2D computer package based on the solution of the two-temperature model. Thermal dependence of target optical and thermodynamic processes was carefully considered. The experimental work was conducted with our 40 fs 800 nm Ti:sapphire laser in the energy range from 0.14 mJ to 0.77 mJ. Comparison of measured ablation profiles with simulation predictions based on phase explosion criterion has demonstrated that more than one ablation mechanisms contribute to the total material removal even in the laser intensity range where explosive boiling is dominating. Good correlation between experimental and simulation results was observed for skin depth and hot electron diffusion depth – two parameters commonly considered to identify two ablation regimes in metal. Analysis of the development dynamics for electron–lattice coupling and electron thermal conduction allowed explaining different ablation regimes because of the interplay of the two parameters.

Keywords

Explosive boilingspallationtwo-temperature modelultrashort pulse laser ablation
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 144 - 153
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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