强脉冲CO_2激光对红外材料的破坏现象

实验表明强激光对红外材料的破坏分为两种类型:烧蚀和冲击破坏。在空气中,光功率密度低于大气的光学击穿阈值时,以烧蚀为主。超过击穿阈值时,冲击破坏是主要的。在我们的实验条件下,用强激光辐照红外脆性材料的靶,靶极易产生微裂纹或粉碎性破坏,其破坏效果与激光的脉冲能量、功率密度、脉冲宽度,以及着靶面积有关。为了直观,文中给出了不少辐照损伤的照片。     

1.06μm连续与脉冲激光对GaAs材料的联合破坏效应

 通过1.06μm连续激光和脉冲激光联合破坏GaAs材料的实验研究, 给出了GaAs材料在三种不同的连续激光功率密度辐照下, 所需脉冲激光的破坏阈值, 结果表明, 联合破坏时所需脉冲激光的破坏阈值小于单独使用脉冲激光的破坏阈值。根据轴对称二维热模型, 计算了三种情况下连续激光辐照时GaAs材料的表面温度分布曲线及表面辐照中心处温升随辐照时间的关系, 并估算了其后作用的脉冲激光对材料的温升, 对实验及计算结果进行了分析, 并着重比较了联合破坏方式和单独破坏方式的优缺点。     

1.06μm连续与脉冲激光对GaAs材料的联合破坏效应

通过1.06μm连续激光和脉冲激光联合破坏GaAs材料的实验研究, 给出了GaAs材料在三种不同的连续激光功率密度辐照下, 所需脉冲激光的破坏阈值, 结果表明, 联合破坏时所需脉冲激光的破坏阈值小于单独使用脉冲激光的破坏阈值。根据轴对称二维热模型, 计算了三种情况下连续激光辐照时GaAs材料的表面温度分布曲线及表面辐照中心处温升随辐照时间的关系, 并估算了其后作用的脉冲激光对材料的温升, 对实验及计算结果进行了分析, 并着重比较了联合破坏方式和单独破坏方式的优缺点。     

飞秒激光烧蚀石英玻璃的实验与理论研究

实验研究了800nm飞秒激光作用下石英玻璃的破坏机理和烧蚀规律，给出了破坏阈值与脉冲宽度的关系.发展了雪崩击穿模型，计算了材料的烧蚀阈值与脉冲宽度的依赖关系，烧蚀深度、烧蚀体积与脉冲能量的依赖关系，研究了导带电子的扩散对材料中激光能量的沉积、分布，以及材料的破坏阈值和烧蚀规律的影响. 关键词： 飞秒激光脉冲 破坏机理 石英玻璃 电子扩散     

长脉冲激光辐照下环氧树脂的热烧蚀规律

 研究了树脂基复合材料中常用的E-51环氧树脂在ms级脉冲激光辐照下热烧蚀率及质量烧蚀率的变化规律,分析了脉冲激光的辐照时间、峰值功率密度、重复频率以及脉宽对烧蚀率的影响。研究结果表明：随辐照时间的增加热烧蚀率逐渐增大,但辐照一定时间后,热烧蚀率趋于稳定;峰值功率密度的增加能明显提高热烧蚀率,但随峰值功率密度的增加,热烧蚀率的增幅减小直至趋于一定值;热烧蚀率不随脉冲激光重复频率和脉宽的变化而改变,当峰值功率密度一定时,热烧蚀率一定,质量烧蚀率与频率和脉宽成正比。     

脉冲激光诱导的薄片反冲塞破坏分析

 基于空间轴对称热弹性理论和最大剪应力强度理论，建立了脉冲激光辐照下薄片发生反冲塞破坏的一个理论模型，导出了薄片反冲塞的激光功率密度阈值条件。以空间均匀分布的ms级脉冲激光辐照铜薄片为例进行了理论计算和数值模拟，给出了激光功率密度阈值随薄片厚度线性增加的关系，得到了与文献中相应实验结果基本一致的薄片反冲塞破坏的激光功率密度阈值数据。     

超短脉冲激光照射下氧化铝的烧蚀机理

利用烧蚀面积与激光脉冲能量的线性关系，确定了氧化铝的破坏阈值，同时采用散射光探测法，研究了800和400nm超短脉冲激光作用下氧化铝的破坏阈值对激光脉宽的依赖关系，并探讨了氧化铝的烧蚀规律. 利用雪崩击穿模型，解释了实验结果，并讨论了导带电子光吸收机理. 关键词： 飞秒激光 氧化铝 破坏阈值 雪崩模型     

重频激光作用下碳纤维/环氧树脂复合材料热损伤规律

 运用热化学分析、扫描电子显微技术等手段,分析了碳纤维增强环氧树脂基复合材料在ms量级重频激光辐照下的损伤形式,研究了峰值功率密度、辐照时间、重复频率和脉冲宽度等对复合材料烧蚀规律的影响。研究结果表明：在激光辐照过程中,复合材料树脂基体在300 ℃开始裂解;由于裂解气体的保护作用,碳纤维不发生氧化,而是在汽化点（3 300 ℃）汽化烧蚀;复合材料热烧蚀率随峰值功率密度和重复频率提高而增大,随辐照时间增加而减小,最终均趋于定值;增加脉冲宽度可以提高辐照区峰值温度,降低碳纤维损伤的功率密度阈值。     

超短脉冲照射下氟化锂的烧蚀机理及其超快动力学研究

研究了超短脉冲激光照射下LiF晶体的破坏机理及其超快动力学过程,利用扫描电镜和原子力显微镜等测试手段,观测了飞秒激光照射下LiF晶体的烧蚀形貌。利用烧蚀面积与激光脉冲能量的对数关系确定了LiF晶体的破坏阈值,并利用非线性玻璃棒展宽脉宽,得到了800nm激光作用下LiF破坏阈值对激光脉宽（50～1000fs）的依赖关系;利用抽运一探针超快探测平台,探测了LiF烧蚀过程中反射率的变化。采用雪崩击穿模型,并根据晶体材料反射率与材料的介电常量的依赖关系,通过数值计算,模拟了材料烧蚀阈值与脉宽的依赖关系及材料激发过程中反射率的变化关系。结果表明,理论结果与实验结果符合较好。讨论了飞秒激光照射下LiF晶体中导带电子数密度的变化规律,并解释了相应的实验结果。     

用激光诱导击穿光谱测量铝合金的激光烧蚀阈值

采用正交几何配置的双波长双脉冲激光烧蚀-激光诱导击穿光谱技术准确测量了铝合金样品的激光烧蚀阈值。在烧蚀激光波长为532 nm、脉宽为12 ns并采用焦距为2 cm的非球面透镜强聚焦的条件下,得到铝合金的激光能量烧蚀阈值为48 J,等效的能量密度烧蚀阈值为9.8 J/cm2。该技术是一种新的激光烧蚀阈值的光谱测量手段,与传统的测量技术相比,具有高灵敏、准确、快捷和便利的特点,可以用于不同材料的激光烧蚀阈值的准确测量。     

多波长激光同时辐照下熔石英元件的损伤研究

对比研究了3ω单独辐照、3ω＋2ω和3ω＋1ω双波长同时辐照下熔石英元件的初始损伤和损伤增长规律，重点研究3ω能量密度在其阈值附近时，低能量密度的2ω和1ω对初始损伤和损伤增长的影响，分析了波长间的能量耦合效应。结果表明:双波长同时辐照下，当2ω和1ω能量密度远低于其自身阈值时，它们对初始损伤几率和损伤增长阈值的影响可以忽略，但也会参与初始损伤和损伤增长过程，会增加初始损伤程度和损伤增长系数。基于飞秒双脉冲成像的冲击波速度测量表明，3ω和1ω同时辐照下，波长间的能量耦合效应会促进激光能量向材料沉积的效率。     

Laser ablation of dental materials using a microsecond Nd:YAG laser

The action of microsecond laser pulses with a wavelength of 1064 nm on dental tissues (enamel and dentin) and various dental materials used for tooth replacement and filling (ceramics, metal alloys, and composites) is studied. It is demonstrated that the ablation thresholds of all of the dental materials are significantly lower than the threshold laser fluences for the dental tissue (E _thr = 200–300 J/cm²). At the laser fluences that do not allow ablation and damage of the dental tissues, the dental materials are effectively removed at a rate of no greater than 40 μm per pulse. It is shown that the laser ablation of the materials under study involves two processes (evaporation and volume explosion) depending on the optical density. The results obtained indicate that the laser radiation with a wavelength of 1064 nm and the microsecond pulse duration is promising for dental applications, since it allows effective cleaning of the tooth surface from various dental materials in the absence of the damages of dental tissues.     

Influence of laser fluence and irradiation timing of F2 laser on ablation properties of fused silica in F2-KrF excimer laser multi-wavelength excitation process

A collinear irradiation system of F₂ and KrF excimer lasers for high-quality and high-efficiency ablation of hard materials by the F₂ and KrF excimer lasers’ multi-wavelength excitation process has been developed. This system achieves well-defined micropatterning of fused silica with little thermal influence and little debris deposition. In addition, the dependence of ablation rate on various conditions such as laser fluence, irradiation timing of each laser beam, and pulse number is examined to investigate the role of the F₂ laser in this process. The multi-wavelength excitation effect is strongly affected by the irradiation timing, and an extremely high ablation rate of over 30 nm/pulse is obtained between -10 ns and 10 ns of the delay time of F₂ laser irradiation. The KrF excimer laser ablation threshold decreases and its effective absorption coefficient increases with increasing F₂ laser fluence. Moreover, the ablation rate shows a linear increase with the logarithm of KrF excimer laser fluence when the F₂ laser is simultaneously irradiated, while single KrF excimer laser ablation shows a nonlinear increase. The ablation mechanism is discussed based on these results. Received: 16 July 2001 / Accepted: 27 July 2001 / Published online: 2 October 2001     

脉冲激光辐照氮化硅陶瓷损伤阈值的光谱测量

氮化硅陶瓷具有耐高温、耐腐蚀和耐磨损等优异性能, 可应用于金属材料和高分子材料难以胜任的极端工作环境。但具备这些优良特性的同时也给其加工带来了不便,传统的磨削加工方法效率低,设备损耗严重, 激光辅助加工为其提供了一种新途径。将等离子体光谱法和显微成像法相结合,对脉冲激光辐照氮化硅陶瓷的损伤阈值进行了测量,并分析了损伤机理。实验选用热压烧结氮化硅陶瓷为靶材,参考ISO21254国际损伤阈值测试标准搭建试验系统,采用1-on-1法利用Nd3+∶YAG固体脉冲激光分别在纳秒和微秒脉宽下辐照氮化硅陶瓷,两种脉宽分别选取10个能量密度梯度进行激光辐照,每个能量密度辐照10个点。利用光纤光谱仪采集光谱信息,利用金相显微镜获取显微图像信息,将光谱结果与显微成像结果对比分析, 发现纳秒脉宽下材料一旦损伤光谱上就会出现等离子体峰,通过分析光谱中等离子体峰,元素指认是否含有材料中特征元素即可判断损伤,为了区别空气电离击穿同时测量了空气等离子体光谱对比分析剔除干扰。微秒脉宽下显微图像观察到刚开始损伤时,光谱中只出现较强热辐射谱线并未出现等离子体谱线,进一步增加激光能量密度,光谱中会出现少量等离子体峰,因此不能直接以等离子体峰判断材料损伤阈值。利用金相显微镜观察损伤形貌,纳秒脉宽下在损伤区域内部观察到明显的烧蚀冲击状损伤,光谱呈现出大量等离子体谱线,说明纳秒激光辐照氮化硅损伤机制主要为等离子体冲击波引起的力学损伤效应。微秒脉宽在辐照区域边缘发现热烧蚀痕迹,损伤区内观察到大量熔融物,出现明显热辐射光谱,说明微秒激光辐照氮化硅损伤机制主要是由于长脉宽热积累引起的热损伤效应,随着能量密度增加热辐射谱上叠加有等离子体峰,等离子体峰值强度与损伤程度一致。利用零几率损伤阈值法对两种方法测得结果进行了拟合,分析发现等离子体光谱法更适用于纳秒脉宽下损伤阈值测量,得到结果为0.256 J·cm-2;显微成像法适用于微秒脉宽下损伤阈值测量,得到结果为6.84 J·cm-2。     

Pulse-width influence on the laser-induced structuring of CaF2 (111)

We have investigated the morphology of CaF₂ (111) irradiated by 780 nm laser pulses of varying pulse width (200 fs-8 ns) with fluences above the damage threshold. Large differences can be observed which we relate to the mechanisms and dynamics of defect production in this wide band gap material. The best defined and most controllable ablation is obtained for laser pulse widths of a few picoseconds. For nanosecond and femtosecond pulses strong fracturing of the crystal is observed with damage outside the laser irradiated zone. This has a thermal origin for nanosecond pulses but a non-thermal origin for pulse widths below approximately 1 ps.     

Shock waves in laser-pulse-irradiated metals

In an earlier paper [1] the temperature as a function of time and distance from the surface of a metal after the application of a laser pulse had been calculated. The assumption was made that only heat conduction is responsible for the dissipation of energy provided that the input fluence of the laser pulse is below the threshold for ablation. In this investigation an estimate for the pressure in the shock wave as a function of time and distance is presented. The assumption mentioned above is valid up to an input fluence of about φ=10 mJ/cm². For larger fluences (but below the ablation threshold) a correction for the dissipation of acoustic energy must be applied. The effect of surface evaporation on T_max and p_max of metals with high melting point is discussed. With fast pulses and/or relatively low velocities of sound, maximum pressures p_max of the shock wave are calculated which are higher than the corresponding stationary values (see (4)). Received: 27 April 2000 / Final version: 6 June 2000 / Accepted: 8 June 2000 / Published online: 13 September 2000     

Damage performance of TiO2/SiO2 thin film components induced by a long-pulsed laser

In order to study the long-pulsed laser induced damage performance of optical thin films, damage experiments of TiO₂/SiO₂ films irradiated by a laser with 1 ms pulse duration and 1064 nm wavelength are performed. In the experiments, the damage threshold of the thin films is measured. The damages are observed to occur in isolated spots, which enlighten the inducement of the defects and impurities originated in the films. The threshold goes down when the laser spot size decreases. But there exists a minimum threshold, which cannot be further reduced by decreasing the laser spot size. Optical microscopy reveals a cone-shaped cavity in the film substrate. Changes of the damaged sizes in film components with laser fluence are also investigated. The results show that the damage efficiency increases with the laser fluence before the shielding effects start to act.     

Nanospallation induced by an ultrashort laser pulse

A femtosecond laser pulse with power density of 10¹³ to 10¹⁴ W/cm² incident on a metal target causes ablation and ejection of the surface layer. The ejected laser plume has a complicated structure. At the leading front of the plume, there is a spall layer where the material is in a molten state. The spall layer is a remarkable part of the plume in that the liquid-phase density does not decrease with time elapsed. This paper reports theoretical and experimental studies of the formation, structure, and ejection of the laser plume. The results of molecular dynamics simulations and a theoretical survey of plume structure based on these results are presented. It is shown that the plume has no spall layer when the pulse fluence exceeds an evaporation threshold F _ev. As the fluence increases from the ablation threshold F _a to F _ev, the spall-layer thickness for gold decreases from 100 nm to a few lattice constants. Experimental results support theoretical calculations. Microinterferometry combined with a pump-probe technique is used to obtain new quantitative data on spallation dynamics for gold. The ablation threshold is evaluated, the characteristic crater shape and depth are determined, and the evaporation threshold is estimated.     

Femtosecond ablation of ultrahard materials

Several ultrahard materials and coatings of definite interest for tribological applications were tested with respect to their response when irradiated with fs laser pulses. Results on cemented tungsten carbide and on titanium carbonitride are reported for the first time and compared with outcomes of investigations on diamond and titanium nitride. The experiments were carried out in air, in a regime of 5–8 J/cm² fluences, using the beam of a commercial Ti:sapphire laser. The changes induced in the surface morphology were analysed with a Nomarski optical microscope, and with SEM and AFM techniques. From the experimental data and from the calculated incident energy density distributions, the damage and ablation threshold values were determined. As expected, the diamond showed the highest threshold, while the cemented tungsten carbide exhibited typical values for metallic surfaces. The ablation rates determined (under the above-mentioned experimental conditions) were in the range 0.1–0.2 μm per pulse for all the materials investigated. Received: 31 August 2001 / Accepted: 3 December 2001 / Published online: 20 March 2002     

Femtosecond uv excimer laser ablation

Experiments on the ablation of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with 300 fs uv excimer laser pulses at 248 nm are reported for the first time. With these ultrashort pulses, ablation can be done at fluences up to five times lower than the threshold fluence for 16 ns ablation of PMMA, and the surface morphology is improved, also for several other materials. A model for ablation is proposed, assuming a non-constant absorption coefficient _eff depending on the degree of incubation of the irradiated material and the intensity of the incoming excimer laser pulse. The agreement between our model and our experimental observations is excellent for 16 ns excimer laser pulses, also predicting perfectly the shape of a pulse transmitted through a thin PMMA sample under high fluence irradiation. Qualitative agreement for 300 fs excimer laser pulses is obtained so far.