Thermal deformation of a solid surface under laser irradiation

A calculation is presented for the deformation of a solid surface when subjected to laser irradiation. The elastic response of the target is given in terms of the stress and displacement field due to thermal expansion, thus allowing an explicit evaluation of the shape of the deformed target surface. Quantitative results are obtained for the height and shape of the induced bump as a function of the laser pulse and target properties. The thermal load threshold is specified for the onset of plastic yield.     

Quality of the beam produced a pulsed Nd:YAG laser

The quality of the beam produced by a Nd:YAG laser was investigated. A hemispherical Nd:YAG laser resonator was developed. A flashlamp driver was designed to pump a Nd:YAG laser crystal. The output of the laser was characterized via the variation of the capacitor voltage. A phosphor card was used to detect the invisible of the infrared beam. Exposed photographic paper was utilized to examine the energetic beam after interaction. The brightness and strength of the beams were analyzed using the Matrox Inspector and VideoTest 5 software packages. The intensity of the beam produced and the volume loss after interaction were found to linearly increase with respect to the input energy.     

Resonance lonization mass spectroscopy with a pulsed thermal atomic beam

Resonance ionization mass spectroscopy (RIMS) and pulsed-laser induced desorption (PLID) have been combined for ultrasensitive detection and spectroscopy of very small samples of refractive elements. The method has been tested and applied to laser spectroscopy of 5×10⁹ atoms (1.5 pg) of¹⁹⁵Au (T _1/2= 183d) implanted at the ISOLDE online mass separator with 60 keV into graphite. A pulsed thermal atomic beam was formed by laser desorption with a 10 ns NdYag laser pulse. Subsequently the atoms were photoionized in a three-colour, three-step resonant excitation to an autoionizing state. The selectivity was enhanced by a time-of-flight measurement of the photo ions. In resonance, one ion was detected per 10⁵ atoms implanted resulting in a gain in detection efficiency by three orders of magnitude in comparison to the use of a continuous atomic beam. In the course of the experiments several unknown autoionizing states were found, and the lifetime of the 6d ² D ^3/2 state of gold was determined to be=10.7(6) ns.     

Strong thermal self-action of a laser beam in gases and liquids

Solutions which approximately describe the effect of strong thermal self-action of a laser beam in weakly absorbing media (gases and liquids) have been obtained. This paper considers the regimes of thermal conductivity, transverse flows of gases at subsonic and supersonic velocities, transonic nonlinear regime, and gravitational convection in a horizontal beam. Assuming that the shape of transverse intensity distribution is constant, and that the wave front can be approximated by a second-power polynomial, ordinary differential equations and their solutions for average transverse dimensions of beams have been obtained. These approximate solutions are in satisfactory agreement with exact solutions. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 116, 105–129 (July 1999)     

Coloration of a metal surface under pulsed laser irradiation

The regimes of irradiation using nanosecond laser pulses for creation of color images on stainless-steel and titanium surfaces upon laser engraving are studied. Parameters of radiation that correspond to the spectrum of resulting colors on the sample surface are experimentally determined. The spectral analysis of the irradiated area is performed and probe microscopy is used to study the surface relief. Complicated surface relief that results from irradiation indicates the contribution of several optical effects responsible for the surface color under laser engraving.     

Spatial patterns induced in a laser beam by thermal nonlinearities

Stable spatial laser patterns were observed in a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity containing up to 2 atm of CO(2) and O(2). The gases displayed the same sequence of patterns that obey a scaling law of the form P(beta)p(2), where P is the power stored in the cavity, p is the pressure of the gas, and beta is a material-dependent parameter.     

Effect of a laser beam reflected from a target on the formation of coatings by pulsed laser deposition

Problems associated with the effect of a reflected laser beam on the formation of multilayer nanocoatings by pulsed laser deposition on the inner surface of small-diameter tubes is discussed. The composition and structure of the coatings are investigated; the significant influence of the laser radiation reflected from the target on the mixing of atoms in the multilayer nanocoatings is determined.     

光束控制系统热效应与球差对激光光束质量的影响

采用Strehl比、桶中功率、β参数和束宽描述远场光束质量，研究了光束控制系统热效应和球差对远场激光光束质量的影响.用四维仿真程序作了详细计算，给出了数值计算结果并进行了物理分析.研究表明，传输通道的热效应和正球差会使远场光强分布扩展，可聚焦能力下降，光束质量变差.有意义的是，当激光发射功率达到一定值时，合适选取负球差会在几何焦面得到比无球差时更高的峰值光强和更好的可聚焦能力.但在以前的工作中，由于焦移，类似的结论是在实际焦面上得出的.非线性热晕的存在是其物理原因，对此用数值计算例子作了说明. 关键词： 高功率激光 热效应 光束控制系统 球差     

One-component adsorption onto a solid surface with surface deformation taken into account

Nonlinear partial differential equations (consistency equations) describing equilibrium one-component adsorption from a liquid solution onto a solid surface carrying electric charges are studied analytically in a general statement taking the scalar surface deformation into account. In this case, all unknown functions may depend on all three independent arguments specifying the equilibrium thermodynamic state of the system, namely, the surface absorbate concentration, the electric potential of the solid phase, and the surface deformation. For small deformations, the isotherm equation is derived in the particular case of a surface layer construction, namely, a model of two parallel capacitors. It is shown that the surface tension can lead to the stratification of the adsorptive layer.     

表面热透镜技术测量光学薄膜样品表面热变形

给出了连续调制激励光照射下光学薄膜样品表面热变形场的理论分布,并由此定义了表面热透镜(STL)信号。根据表面热透镜理论实验测量了一个BK7基底高反膜样品的形变,给出了表面热透镜信号随调制频率的变化曲线。实验结果表明:在采用的STL实验构型中,探测了最小1.985 nm的直流形变,对应不调制时的形变为3.97 nm,相应的形变探测灵敏度达到了10 pm量级;直流形变与功率成线性关系;交流表面热透镜信号随着频率增大而减小,在高频端近似成线性减小。     

表面热透镜技术测量光学薄膜样品表面热变形

给出了连续调制激励光照射下光学薄膜样品表面热变形场的理论分布,并由此定义了表面热透镜（STL）信号。根据表面热透镜理论实验测量了一个BK7基底高反膜样品的形变,给出了表面热透镜信号随调制频率的变化曲线。实验结果表明：在采用的STL实验构型中,探测了最小1.985 nm的直流形变,对应不调制时的形变为3.97 nm,相应的形变探测灵敏度达到了10 pm量级;直流形变与功率成线性关系;交流表面热透镜信号随着频率增大而减小,在高频端近似成线性减小。     

Low thermal emissive surface properties of ZnO/polyimide composites prepared by pulsed laser deposition

We report the low thermal-emissive surface properties of composites of ZnO-polyimide. The composites were synthesized by depositing ZnO on polyimide surface by pulsed laser deposition technique. ZnO target was ablated at different incident energy densities and the substrate (polyimide) was held at elevated temperature. This facilitated the c-axis oriented growth of ZnO, which was inferred from the X-ray diffraction analysis. The composites consisted of multilayers having different electrical resistivities. The values of which are also estimated from Hagen-Rubens relation. The reduced infrared emissivities of the composite films, as compared to polyimide, were correlated to the increased carrier concentration and reduced surface resistivity estimated from the Hall measurements.     

Defects in pulsed laser and thermal processed ion implanted silicon

The evolution of the nature and concentration of the defects produced by 100 or 300 keV As ions at fluences 1 to 4×10^–12 cm^–2 inn-type, Fz Silicon doped with 10¹⁵ to 10¹⁶ cm^–3 has been studied as function of thermal treatments (in the range 500°–900 °C) and of the energy density (in the range 0.3–0.6 J cm^–2) of a light pulse from a ruby laser (15 ns, 0.69 m). Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) combined with capacitance — voltage (C-V) measurements were used to get the characteristics (energy level, crosssection for the capture of majority carriers) of the defects and theirs profiles. The difficulties encountered in the analysis of the results, due to the large compensation of free carriers in the implanted region and to the abrupt defect and free carrier profiles, are discussed in detail and the corrections to apply on the C-V characteristics and the DLTS spectra are described. The defects resulting from the two types of treatments are found to be essentially the same. Only, for laser energies higher than 0.5 J cm^–2, the laser treatment appears to introduced new defects (atE0.32 eV) which should result from a quenching process. The fact that a laser energy smaller than the threshold energy for melting and recrystallization is able to anneal, at least partially, the defects produced by the implantation, demonstrates that the annealing process induced by the laser pulse is not a purely thermal process but is enhanced by a mechanism involving ionization.     

Analysis of the fluctuations of a laser beam due to thermal turbulence

A laser beam propagating in air and passing through a point diffraction interferometer (PDI) produces stable interferograms that can be used to extract wavefront data such as major atmospheric characteristics: turbulence strength, inner scale and outer scale of the refractive index. These parameters need to be taken into consideration when developing defense laser weapons since they can be affected by thermal fluctuations that are due to the changes in temperature in close proximity to the propagating beam and results in phase shifts that can be used to calculate the temperature which causes wavefront perturbations on a propagating beam.     

In situ monitoring of laser cleaning by coupling a pulsed laser beam with a scanning electron microscope

Lasers have proved to be effective tools for material processing at the micron and nanometer scales. In particular, laser interaction with nanostructures offers the unique advantage of highly localized excitation and heating. In this study, a short-pulsed laser beam is coupled to a scanning electron microscope, without disturbing the microscopy function, in order to study in situ laser cleaning of individual submicron particles from a silicon substrate. The substrate conditions before and after particle removal were inspected by electron microscopy. The mechanisms of particle removal and the underlying dynamic coupling of the laser radiation associated with particle cleaning are investigated. PACS 42.62.Cf; 42.82.Gw; 81.65.Cf; 07.78.+s